Someone uploaded this one (from Tenacatita, Jalisco.) Rather impressive.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
I hate it when people do this sort of thing. Not that I don't appreciate the feed, but seriously, put down the damn camera and seek shelter. Being internet famous for a month ain't worth the risk of life-long injury or death.
They are filming that from inside. You can see the door frame. Once it gets that bad, you aren't going anywhere, and you are as safe as the integrity of your shelter. Might as well take some video.
This was exactly my thought. Hurricanes take hours to pass, and the place probably doesn't have a basement.
It would be different he was out on a boardwalk or whatever, but... whoever is behind the camara is pretty much stuck and will have some notice if they need to attempt to take cover in a more interior room.
Someone uploaded this one (from Tenacatita, Jalisco.) Rather impressive.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
I hate it when people do this sort of thing. Not that I don't appreciate the feed, but seriously, put down the damn camera and seek shelter. Being internet famous for a month ain't worth the risk of life-long injury or death.
i don't know that the motivation for recording it is necessarily out of a desire for internet fame. As terrible as it's going to be, some people might not be convinced how bad this hurricane is until they see live footage of it. Whether it's people who might be convinced to evacuate or people who decide to donate to relief efforts, some good can come out of it.
And, you know, in this crazy whacked-out future in which we live, we almost all carry the technology to document things like this now. And when we get to see a first-person view of it, fifteen seconds of video can be worth a gajillion reports on the news.
The last time a category 5 hurricane made landfall in Mexico was in 1959. It hit more or less the same area. Here's a snippet of Wikipedia's article on the storm.
Wasn't Gilbert in 88 a Cat5 when it hit Cancun?
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I live above Houston. How worried should I be about this thing?
It was already demoted to cat4, and the expected path was shortened quite a bit. Still need to be alert about any changes, but I think you'll be looking at maybe some rain, if anything..
The last time a category 5 hurricane made landfall in Mexico was in 1959. It hit more or less the same area. Here's a snippet of Wikipedia's article on the storm.
Wasn't Gilbert in 88 a Cat5 when it hit Cancun?
I thought Gilbert had downgraded to Cat3 by the time it made landfall?
Someone uploaded this one (from Tenacatita, Jalisco.) Rather impressive.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
I hate it when people do this sort of thing. Not that I don't appreciate the feed, but seriously, put down the damn camera and seek shelter. Being internet famous for a month ain't worth the risk of life-long injury or death.
They are filming that from inside. You can see the door frame. Once it gets that bad, you aren't going anywhere, and you are as safe as the integrity of your shelter. Might as well take some video.
Notice also the door is parallel to the wind. This means opening the door and standing beside the wall we see to the left leaves him as safe as he can be anywhere. There were long (well they felt long but probably not more than 10 minutes) stretched during Katrina that I opened my back door and just watched what was going on until the wind changed on us. One upside of a hurricane over a random storm is the wind is extremely predictable once you are in it.
Glad it seems to be much less than the media was reporting.
Now to be a jerk, will those relief agencies return the money they collected?
I know that's a whole separate thread about donations and how they play up l the latest diaster but make no promises about where your money goes to.
When I gave money it's wasn't with strings attached and it was to a certified charity i n Mexico so I'm not going to be too upset if there is less damage than predicted. I'm sure they can still use the funds to help people in flooded areas etc
Yeah we were complaining about how Mexico has no disaster infrastructure
Looks like a good non emergency project to me
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Glad it seems to be much less than the media was reporting.
Now to be a jerk, will those relief agencies return the money they collected?
I know that's a whole separate thread about donations and how they play up l the latest diaster but make no promises about where your money goes to.
When I gave money it's wasn't with strings attached and it was to a certified charity i n Mexico so I'm not going to be too upset if there is less damage than predicted. I'm sure they can still use the funds to help people in flooded areas etc
For sure, that is an area that could use some help. I think that some people do get upset; they want their money to go to specifically that diaster/emergency.
I can see both sides, someone having a connection to that area, but also the money should go to those to l who need it most.
Glad it seems to be much less than the media was reporting.
Now to be a jerk, will those relief agencies return the money they collected?
I know that's a whole separate thread about donations and how they play up l the latest diaster but make no promises about where your money goes to.
When I gave money it's wasn't with strings attached and it was to a certified charity i n Mexico so I'm not going to be too upset if there is less damage than predicted. I'm sure they can still use the funds to help people in flooded areas etc
For sure, that is an area that could use some help. I think that some people do get upset; they want their money to go to specifically that diaster/emergency.
I can see both sides, someone having a connection to that area, but also the money should go to those to l who need it most.
I'm afraid that I can't really see the other side.
What does that other side even say? "I donated to help suffering people in western Mexico. It's outrageous that my money is going to help suffering people in Chile and Haiti or wherever. I wanted to do something good for Mexico, not to help people in a completely different country get access to food and potable water and shelter and medical supplies. Does no one else see the injustice here?"
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People should realize they are not donating to help suffering people in Mexico, they are donating to the charity. If the charity decides to spend that money to help suffering people in Mexico then that's where it's going. If the suffering people in Mexico don't materialize though, that money is going somewhere else.
I'm afraid that I can't really see the other side.
What does that other side even say? "I donated to help suffering people in western Mexico. It's outrageous that my money is going to help suffering people in Chile and Haiti or wherever. I wanted to do something good for Mexico, not to help people in a completely different country get access to food and potable water and shelter and medical supplies. Does no one else see the injustice here?"
But this is really, really similar to the kind of thing tons of people in every country say all the time, that is: "we should help poor people in this neighborhood before we spend any money on federal/international poverty relief programmes."
Despite people in [federal/international] area being in more need that people in that particular community given relative incomes.
I think it's a bad argument, but it's one that lots (and by lots I mean, like, pretty much anyone who has ever written a letter to the editor) of people agree with. "People [x] that I feel a specific affinity with for whatever reason deserve money but people [y] who I am less familiar with don't." The affinity can be people within your country, people within your state, or people who were in the path of a particular hurricane, it's the same argument all around.
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This was exactly my thought. Hurricanes take hours to pass, and the place probably doesn't have a basement.
It would be different he was out on a boardwalk or whatever, but... whoever is behind the camara is pretty much stuck and will have some notice if they need to attempt to take cover in a more interior room.
And, you know, in this crazy whacked-out future in which we live, we almost all carry the technology to document things like this now. And when we get to see a first-person view of it, fifteen seconds of video can be worth a gajillion reports on the news.
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Wasn't Gilbert in 88 a Cat5 when it hit Cancun?
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It was already demoted to cat4, and the expected path was shortened quite a bit. Still need to be alert about any changes, but I think you'll be looking at maybe some rain, if anything..
You should expect some heavy rain this weekend. It's on the west coast of Mexico, it won't be coming anywhere near Houston as a hurricane.
I thought Gilbert had downgraded to Cat3 by the time it made landfall?
Notice also the door is parallel to the wind. This means opening the door and standing beside the wall we see to the left leaves him as safe as he can be anywhere. There were long (well they felt long but probably not more than 10 minutes) stretched during Katrina that I opened my back door and just watched what was going on until the wind changed on us. One upside of a hurricane over a random storm is the wind is extremely predictable once you are in it.
Now to be a jerk, will those relief agencies return the money they collected?
I know that's a whole separate thread about donations and how they play up l the latest diaster but make no promises about where your money goes to.
Yeah, just because they don't need them now they are going to need them at some point.
When Irene hit us, it was just a tropical storm but the rain caused billions in damage. Those organizations will still need the money.
When I gave money it's wasn't with strings attached and it was to a certified charity i n Mexico so I'm not going to be too upset if there is less damage than predicted. I'm sure they can still use the funds to help people in flooded areas etc
Looks like a good non emergency project to me
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For sure, that is an area that could use some help. I think that some people do get upset; they want their money to go to specifically that diaster/emergency.
I can see both sides, someone having a connection to that area, but also the money should go to those to l who need it most.
I'm afraid that I can't really see the other side.
What does that other side even say? "I donated to help suffering people in western Mexico. It's outrageous that my money is going to help suffering people in Chile and Haiti or wherever. I wanted to do something good for Mexico, not to help people in a completely different country get access to food and potable water and shelter and medical supplies. Does no one else see the injustice here?"
But this is really, really similar to the kind of thing tons of people in every country say all the time, that is: "we should help poor people in this neighborhood before we spend any money on federal/international poverty relief programmes."
Despite people in [federal/international] area being in more need that people in that particular community given relative incomes.
I think it's a bad argument, but it's one that lots (and by lots I mean, like, pretty much anyone who has ever written a letter to the editor) of people agree with. "People [x] that I feel a specific affinity with for whatever reason deserve money but people [y] who I am less familiar with don't." The affinity can be people within your country, people within your state, or people who were in the path of a particular hurricane, it's the same argument all around.
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