Hurricane Otis unleashed a “nightmare scenario” on Acapulco this morning after the storm rapidly intensified into a Category 5 just before landfall and gave officials and residents little time to prepare. Via CNN:
Otis strengthened from a tropical storm to an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane in just 12 hours before it slammed ashore near Acapulco as the strongest storm on record to hit this area and the Pacific coast of Mexico.
The sudden burst of power gave people little time to prepare and get to safety as Otis bore down on Acapulco, a popular tourist destination that’s also a permanent home to roughly 800,000 people.
As Otis kept strengthening as it neared the coast forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned that a “nightmare scenario is unfolding.”
“There are no hurricanes on record even close to this intensity for this part of Mexico,” the hurricane center said late Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Americans are filing lawsuits over offshore wind farms because it ruins their view. Maybe they should think past that, because this storm developed over a 12-hour period. Maybe we have a climate crisis and we can't wait to stop the use of fossil fuels.
