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Texasgal

(17,049 posts) Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:56 PM Oct 2015

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Patricia has now made landfall.

http://abc13.com/1046931/

It looks devastating.

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Patricia has now made landfall. (Original Post) Texasgal Oct 2015 OP

God help everyone liberal N proud Oct 2015 #1

I was once in Mendocino Oct 2015 #2

Never been in a hurricane and never want to be. Hope the folks in Mexico stay safe. Waldorf Oct 2015 #3

I feel really afraid for the people in the path janlyn Oct 2015 #4

liberal N proud

(60,352 posts)

1. God help everyone

Reply to Texasgal (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:08 PM

Oct 2015

Mendocino

(7,534 posts)

2. I was once in

Reply to Texasgal (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:30 PM

Oct 2015

80+ mph winds on Mount Washington, it was awful. Patricia may surpass 200. This could be a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.

Waldorf

(654 posts)

3. Never been in a hurricane and never want to be. Hope the folks in Mexico stay safe.

Reply to Texasgal (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:38 PM

Oct 2015

I live in North Texas, watched the weather and they think it could bring a foot of rain to Houston when it comes into Texas.

janlyn

(735 posts)

4. I feel really afraid for the people in the path

Reply to Texasgal (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:40 PM

Oct 2015

I was in an f4 tornado in 1997, it lasted just a few minutes. I cannot fathom being in a storm with roughly the same wind speeds for hours!

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