I do not need Madam Zora's crystal ball to tell me my future. I have NOAA.
In less than a week I will be flying to Melaque to look at the house I would like to rent when I retire in Mexico. On Wednesday, the town was hit with heavy rains that caused some minor "flooding." Here, it would be flooding. In Melaque, it is "flooding" because the streets did their best Venice impression, but life went on. Just north in La Manzanilla, the same storm pushed the sea past the first row of houses and shops on the beach. Some furniture did its own Noah impression.
It appears that nature has planned a reprise for this week, At about noon on Monday, Melaque could be hit with another "weather event". The last one was a storm named Douglas. This one is a depression. Apparently, weather events that fall into the same category as a DSM-IV diagnosis are not allowed to have the same names you would use for your first-born son or as a nickname for a body part.
The current threat to Melaque has the odd appellation: "Tropical Depression Five-E." I cannot figure out if it is meant to sound like a viral infection or a diminutive number, similar to Cincito.
What I do know is that these weather events can be very serious. Last year Hurricane Henriette (she of the real name and real wind power) flooded (even in the Melaque sense) a good portion of the town. If you want to see how bad flooding can get, Scott Parks has some photographs to show you.
I said that I wanted to see Melaque during the time of year when it was offering up some of its worst weather. I meant humidity and heat. I guess I will soon know just what it is like to retire on the Pacific coast.
In less than a week I will be flying to Melaque to look at the house I would like to rent when I retire in Mexico. On Wednesday, the town was hit with heavy rains that caused some minor "flooding." Here, it would be flooding. In Melaque, it is "flooding" because the streets did their best Venice impression, but life went on. Just north in La Manzanilla, the same storm pushed the sea past the first row of houses and shops on the beach. Some furniture did its own Noah impression.
It appears that nature has planned a reprise for this week, At about noon on Monday, Melaque could be hit with another "weather event". The last one was a storm named Douglas. This one is a depression. Apparently, weather events that fall into the same category as a DSM-IV diagnosis are not allowed to have the same names you would use for your first-born son or as a nickname for a body part.
The current threat to Melaque has the odd appellation: "Tropical Depression Five-E." I cannot figure out if it is meant to sound like a viral infection or a diminutive number, similar to Cincito.
What I do know is that these weather events can be very serious. Last year Hurricane Henriette (she of the real name and real wind power) flooded (even in the Melaque sense) a good portion of the town. If you want to see how bad flooding can get, Scott Parks has some photographs to show you.
I said that I wanted to see Melaque during the time of year when it was offering up some of its worst weather. I meant humidity and heat. I guess I will soon know just what it is like to retire on the Pacific coast.
