Hurricane norbert
Well, Hurricane Norberthas come and gone - one of the most powerful storms to roll through the La Paz area in recent years. It struck Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and winds of up to 155 km/h. Strong winds bent palm trees along coastal areas. Some streets were in knee-deep water in the town of Puerto San Carlos. Norbert was a Category 2 hurricane at landfall, which made Norbert the first October hurricane to strike the western Baja California peninsula since Hurricane Pauline forty years prior, and Norbert was the stronger of the two.
La Paz international airport suspended its activities at midday
local time Saturday, but the tourist resort of Los Cabos remained open.
Casa Tranby fared just fine, with only a minor leak in one of the windows to show for it.
Here's the blow-by-blow (sorry, pun intended) report from an El Centenario resident:
-10:30 am: winds 40 to 50, gusts to 70, heavy rains 1 to 2 in. off and on. Storm has not hit land yet.
- 1:00 pm: Winds 60 to 70, gusts to, I say, 90 to 100, and rain rain rain and rain. We are fine, still have electricity.- 6:00pm: The storm is pretty much over, winds down to 30 to 40, no rain for now. Wasn't that bad, never lost power.
- No damage on properties. It was an uneventful hurricane....we got wind (one or two gusts at about 100 mph) and 2 or 3 inches of rain. We're fine.