| Hurricane Lane and its eye have just come | | | | and land slides. Many more died from the |
| ashore in rural Mexico. According to NOAH | | | | thousands of venomous scorpions and snakes |
| and the National Weather Service, it is still | | | | that were unearthed and misplaced by these |
| a destructive category 3 hurricane with | | | | mud and land slides. This could very likely |
| sustained winds of over 125 mph. Warnings of | | | | happen here with Hurricane Lane as it is |
| 6 to 12 foot storm surges and possible flash | | | | powerful enough to unleash similar mud and |
| floods and mudslides have been made as this | | | | land slides and flooding. |
| could be a very devastating hurricane. | | | | |
| | | | This could also be greatly impacted, just |
| Hurricane Lane has already become deadly as | | | | like New Orleans, in that being rural many |
| it caused its first death with a child | | | | people are trapped and cannot get out in |
| crushed by a mudslide and the resulting | | | | time. Emergency workers and help may not be |
| collapse of the house they were in. | | | | adequate enough and will have a hard time |
| | | | reaching hurricane victims. Also the threat |
| On Saturday morning Hurricane Lane changed | | | | of deadly poisonous scorpions and snakes |
| course and headed directly inland on the | | | | aggressive from displacement will conjure |
| Pacific coast of Mexico. Earlier | | | | much fear in the minds of emergency personnel |
| trajectories and storm tracking plotted the | | | | from the memories of thousands of lives lost |
| area of Acupulco and the tip of the Baja | | | | to these venomous reptiles during the great |
| peninsula similar to Hurricane John from just | | | | hurricane of Mexico in 1959. |
| 2 weeks ago. Regardless, Hurricane Lane is | | | | |
| just as strong if not stronger and is a very | | | | In preparation many people have been |
| sizeable hurricane with damaging winds of 125 | | | | evacuated, but many are left stranded and |
| or more mph. | | | | unable to leave. As the eye of Hurricane |
| | | | Lane moves farther inward we will get more of |
| The most damage may not come from the actual | | | | an idea of the damage and destruction. The |
| hurricane itself, but the storm surge, | | | | hurricane prediction center and the National |
| flooding, and resultant mudslides as the | | | | Weather Service can only predict 3 to 5 days |
| hurricane goes inland and over hilly and | | | | ahead of a storm, but all indications show |
| mountainous terrain. The biggest and most | | | | the hurricane moving inward into more hilly |
| devastating hurricane of all time in the east | | | | and mountainous regions. This could be a |
| pacific was the Mexico Hurricane of 1959. It | | | | repeat of the great hurricane of 1959 and a |
| came ashore as a category 5 hurricane with | | | | terrible disaster for the people on the |
| over 160 mph sustained winds. Over 1000 | | | | pacific coast of Mexico and our hearts go out |
| people died due to the flash floods and mud | | | | to them. |