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    Hurricane Patricia: Mexico awaits 'strongest ever' hurricane

    (CNN)Patricia -- the strongest hurricane ever recorded -- barreled closer and closer Friday morning to Mexico's Pacific coast, where residents have been told to brace for its 200-mph sustained winds and torrential rains.

    The Miami-based meteorological center, in its 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) advisory, warned of a "potentially catastrophic landfall ... in southwestern Mexico" late that afternoon or early evening. While its strength could fluctuate, "Patricia is expected to remain an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane through landfall."

    Patricia has potential to cause massive death and destruction over a large swath of the Mexican Pacific coast, including the tourist hot spots of Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco.

    Citing observations by hurricane hunters, Patricia is "the strongest hurricane on record in the National Hurricane Center's area of responsibility (AOR) which includes the Atlantic and the eastern North Pacific basins," according to a Friday morning forecast discussion.

    The closest contender, at this point, might be Hurricane Camille when it battered the U.S. Gulf Coast in 1969. Regardless, Patricia looks to be more powerful than that storm, Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Katrina in 2005 and many others.

    It's already surpassed them in one way...

    http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/americ...cane-patricia/

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    We were supposed to be in Puerto Vallarta this week. Things happened and we cancelled that and came to the mountains instead.

    BUT, a friend of mine posted on FB last night that some of their kids are in PV and asked for prayer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A.J. View Post
    We were supposed to be in Puerto Vallarta this week. Things happened and we cancelled that and came to the mountains instead.
    Praise God you chose the mountains instead!


    Quote Originally Posted by A.J. View Post

    BUT, a friend of mine posted on FB last night that some of their kids are in PV and asked for prayer.
    Patricia has potential to cause massive death and destruction over a large swath of the Mexican Pacific coast, including the tourist hot spots of Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco.
    Its a massive storm and they're evacuating those areas...they need to get out of there while they still can.

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