jaykay Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 This storm is moving pretty rapidly. Latest advisory (sp) has it coming even with the Lake at aprox. 7 PM, just south of us if it doesn't curve more to the south. Lucky us. The mountains will stop most of the wind, but the river and lake will get lot of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Do you mean Tropical Storm Franklin, that just entered Mexico from the Gulf of Mexico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Last night I talked with friends who live near the coast in Veracruz. They said that Franklin was causing heavier than normal surf and heavy rain along the coastline. The main concern, they said, is the possibility of flooding due to the rains. At the time I talked with them--Wednesday 9 August about10:30PM--they were not experiencing high winds. Here's the current news about Franklin:https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/franklin-may-make-second-landfall-in-mexico-as-atlantics-first-hurricane-of-2017/70002388 Mexico City is currently experiencing moderate to fairly heavy rain due to Franklin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giltner68 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 If you blinked, you missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Hoping to get a little rain out of it here. Probably a long shot at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichosalocura Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 It is looking and feeling like something big is about to happen. The sky is looking mighty menacing, the wind is picking up and it has been sprinkling on and off here in Chapala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bournemouth Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Raining quite hard in Ajijic now. EDIT: but it didn't last, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 I should have reported this before, but when the storm was just starting to arrive, I swear I could smell, very faintly, an ocean smell. Not the rotting seaweed smell, but salt water. Has anyone else experienced this from a quickly moving storm from the Caribbean? Then again, maybe I just stepped in something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 You didn't step in anything. I can smell the salt air storms that are coming in quickly from the east too. It's very distinctive and different from a locally produced rain storm which is more earthy in smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 That's good to know. It sure smelt wonderful, took my mind far, far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giltner68 Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Oh yes, I'm 200 miles N of Corpus Christi, TX and often when I walk out in the morning I can almost taste the Gulf. It carries a long ways inland and is interesting at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 I had a much darker thought, remembering a poem by the great Irving Layton, the breeze smelling like salt. It has nothing to do with Mexico, except maybe getting old. Apologies. When death comes for you, by Irving Layton When death comes for you, my dear, let him take you like a candleflame that is taken from its wick by a gentle stir of wind smelling of lilac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 I would like that very much. Thanks for the poem. Can we assume that T.S. Franklin is toast? The sun is breaking through big white fluffy clouds just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 It's trying to reform southwest of us here in PV. https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/franklin-ghost-east-pacific-tropical-development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Franklin's been a busy little boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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