Hurricane Stan to Hit Mexico's Gulf Coast

[buzzsaw_23]

Hurricane Stan to Hit Mexico's Gulf Coast


Tuesday October 4, 2005 2:16 PM

By MIGUEL HERNANDEZ

Associated Press Writer

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) - Tropical Storm Stan strengthened to a hurricane Tuesday and barreled toward Mexico's Gulf coast, threatening a major port and forcing the evacuation of several oil platforms.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said the storm was expected to hit land later in the day, and a hurricane warning was issued for part of the coast, from Palma Sola southeast to Chilitepec.

Veracruz's busy port was closed, schools canceled classes and officials at a nearby nuclear power plant prepared the facility for the Category 1 hurricane's strong winds and rains. Thousands of residents abandoned their homes and stayed in dozens of shelters set up all along the coast.

It was unclear how the oil platform evacuations would affect production at Pemex, the world's third-biggest oil producer and a major supplier to the United States. The company pumps about 3.4 million barrels a day of crude, just over half of which it exports.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5320406,00.html

[zbdent]

1. Poland's invading?

My first thought . . .

Did you ever notice that a lot of the Middle East is under Polish control?

Afghanistan, Kurdistan, . . .

[FlaGranny]

2. It is almost as if

these hurricanes are aiming themselves at oil platforms. Is mother nature trying to get even?

[damntexdem]

3. Well, don't plan on any info from the NWS.

I wonder whether we can get weather info from any international agency, or some other nation's weather service.

[SoCalDem]

4. pic... hmmm look at Florida..