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talk about palm damage - Cabo just got hit with a cat 4 "eyewall"....


trioderob

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as I write this Cabo is getting hit with catastrophic wind damage.

the number of palms down will be incredible come morning light ...................

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the reptile life in the area is astounding - here is a photo I took there.

every branch you looked at had some form of reptile from iguana to snake - I saw thousands

every rock you turn over has some kind of colorful frog or scorpion......it was bitchin

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First and foremost i hope the residents and Tourists are ok !

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Palms fair better than most large plants against hurricane force winds. This photo was taken 7 days after Hurricane Andrew tore up Homestead Florida. The palms were survivors. The vascular bundles in the trunks make then pretty darn tough.

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Washingtonias aren't quite the best in wind. They do OK if they are free to move around, but here, in 2005, a row of them planted next to a parking deck all snapped where they were pushed against the top rail.

Building damage and flooding in the Los Cabos area looks very serious.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Apart from shredded fronds, palms around Los Cabos look great compared to a lot of other things that tried to stay upright.

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That was a direct hit.. it looks like it is going to follow the peninsula for a bit too.

The storm track puts the remnants into the southwest... Arizona.. Tucson... and then into New Mexico (just heard it on the nightly news here)..

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Sure wish Odile turned left instead of right. :bummed: Oh but wait . . .POLO is born. Really, this time it needs go stay out in the pacific - Cabo's had enough.

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-REY

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bad news-

another hurricane is coming on the same path !

the eastern pacific near Mexico is a Hurricane machine now

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It would be nice if the next storm POLO continued NW until just off the coast of San Diego, then turned NE. By then it would be only a depression but would give SoCal some much needed moisture.

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Palms native to 'cane country do better against sustained hurricane winds than those that aren't.

Royals, coconuts, Syagrus amara, no problem.

Syagrus botryophyra, Washies, not so good. Washies will take some of the wind we get out here, but it's not like a hurricane.

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It would be nice if the next storm POLO continued NW until just off the coast of San Diego, then turned NE. By then it would be only a depression but would give SoCal some much needed moisture.

i'm doing my rain dance as we speak.

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Here's some pics that were posted on FB from a local.

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But when you compare these pix to the Andrew/Homestead pix above, no comparison! The buildings are still intact.

Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

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Here's some pics that were posted on FB from a local.

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Holy cow, look to the right of the second picture. Sagaharo (sp?) cactus down.

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Here's some pics that were posted on FB from a local.

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Holy cow, look to the right of the second picture. Sagaharo (sp?) cactus down.

I think its amazing one is still standing. By all acounts, winds reached near 125 and the rainfall was extraordinary (nearly 1 year's average in 1 hour!). Not good weather for a large columnar cactus!

Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

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Here's some pics that were posted on FB from a local.

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But when you compare these pix to the Andrew/Homestead pix above, no comparison! The buildings are still intact.

Andrew was a strong cat 5 with winds at tornado force - any plant life still standing is a war dog.

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Here's some pics that were posted on FB from a local.

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But when you compare these pix to the Andrew/Homestead pix above, no comparison! The buildings are still intact.

Andrew was a strong cat 5 with winds at tornado force - any plant life still standing is a war dog.

Yep, I'm well aware. there are 80' royals that survived wind gusts in the 210-220 mph range that still stand beautifully today. But I don't think any W. robustas over 3' tall survived. Phoenix roebelenii did, though as did some S. palmetto. I suspect many palms died due to being smashed by the debris from man-made structures.

Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

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Moose, that's a great photo, can't we see something larger than 7.94KB ?? Thanks !

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Moose, that's a great photo, can't we see something larger than 7.94KB ?? Thanks !

Downtown Homestead, FL. Royals are shredded - some actually came back.

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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No deaths reported... I don't know how long that will last as the flooding looks serious.

I emptied my rain gauge from the 0.20" we received last night. Rain band headed this way.. enormous!

This is what El Nino does?

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The news just said 4 to 6 inches of rain. Tucson looks right in its path. I've seen 5 once and there were parts of Albuquerque destroyed.

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