From the information I got from cnn.com Patricia has been the worst hurricane ever recorded. This hurricane was worse that Katrina and Andrew and Wilma. Katrina had winds of 170 miles per hour. Andrew had winds of 175 miles per hour. Wilma had winds of 185 miles per hour. Patricia had winds of 200 miles per hour. Patricia I thought was not all that bad until I saw the pictures that were taken after it came through and all the roads were flooded and roofs and trees covered the roads. In one picture there was a little boy standing in front of what use to be a house until the hurricane came through and destroyed. There were several houses that were destroyed and one picture showed a truck that was covered in tree branches from the hurricane. It …show more content…
There were airline employees that walked the empty airport in Puerto Vallarta. Patricia was the strongest hurricane ever recorded at sea. Many say it will be the worst storm in history. Everybody was evacuated from all the luxury beach resorts and hamlets before the hurricane ever touched down Friday evening near Cuixmala. The speeds of this hurricane uprooted trees and messed up power lines. The rains of this hurricane made mudslides that destroyed the roads and caked the roads up with mud. After hours hurricane Patricia downgraded to a tropical depression with winds that were 35 mile per hour. For now Mexico has “dodged a bullet” there has been no reported deaths or injuries but there have been. Two people have died and four people have now gone missing in Autlán in Jalisco. One died of a heart attack and the other nobody knows the cause of that death. Nobody knows if the deaths were storm related or not I am going to say that the one that died of a heart attack was probably storm related cause I would have a heart attack if I knew a hurricane was coming right at me. One said that their infrastructure could withstand the wind and water and that the worst went to the …show more content…
There was one photo of firemen hooking up hoses trying to get rid of some of the water that is waist deep on the firemen. There are probably going to be flood watches and mudslides going on for quite some time. President Enrique Peña Nieto said that has been no reports of major damage. I am going to say that he has not looked out side cause this hurricane has uprooted trees and has tore roofs off buildings and has destroyed houses. So apparently he is blind cause the last time I checked hurricane don’t just come through and say I am not going to destroy anything here. Two babies were delivered to a small hospital one a boy and the other a girl. At one small clinic people spent their morning removing mud and fallen branches. I would have hated to live in Mexico cause I would have hated to spend my morning clearing mud and branches from fallen trees. And where the President says there is no major damage. I do believe that the only good thing is that children don’t have to go school, but wait they are opening schools on
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