Tropical Depression LORENZO: Discussions & Images

[americanrebel]

With the front that is stalled off the LA coast. Is there a possibility of this system turning NE and going towards LA or even MS?

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

The LLC has died inside of Mexico. That is just moisture from the tropical cyclone, and also the shear north of 27 north is strong. So no development.

[americanrebel]

Oh ok, was wondering. No flights out of the Houston area. Only Keesler no other places?

[Cyclenall]

Yeah some wheres around March 10, 2012.

This is off topic, but the date is December 21, 2012.

[HURAKAN]

Lorenzo Kills 4 in Mexico
By DENISSE PARIZOT – 6 hours ago

SAN RAFAEL, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Lorenzo hit Mexico's central Gulf coast on Friday, flinging roofs and billboards through the air and causing landslides. At least four people died.

The storm brought steady rain to much of central Mexico. In Puebla state, a saturated hillside collapsed, killing a woman and two children. An 83-year-old man died in the town of Panuco in Veracruz after he fell into a hole in the drenched soil near his home, local police said.

Following roughly the same path as August's deadly Hurricane Dean, Lorenzo quickly weakened to a tropical depression as it charged inland, drenching Veracruz state's lush mountains and filling rivers with roaring water. The storm had dissipated by late Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The storm battered a coastline populated with small fishing villages and beach hotels, knocking over electrical poles and leaving about 5,000 people in shelters scattered throughout the region.

In the farming town of San Rafael, residents scooped water out of flooded homes and tried to keep their belongings dry as a nearby river threatened to overflow its banks. Many had lost their banana, orange and lime crops to Hurricane Dean, and were still cleaning up from that storm when Lorenzo hit.

Maya Luisa Hernandez, 78, spent the night in a makeshift shelter at city hall. Her corrugated tin shack was destroyed by Dean, and she was trying to return home Friday to see if she had again lost her rebuilt home and few belongings.

"I'm worried because I don't know anything about my things," she said. "I put them up high, but the river is going to overflow its banks."

Lorenzo rapidly strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Thursday, then made landfall southeast of Tuxpan, the Miami-based center said.

It hit near the seaside town of Nautla, where high winds peeled the roofs off many homes.

Luis Urtado, a 79-year-old cobbler, said he was at a neighbor's house when the roof went flying into the night, forcing him and his neighbors to flee to another building. As they ran through the rain, he noticed his home had also lost its roof and was filling with water.

"As I was heading for shelter, I saw how the winds had dismantled my home," he said.

On Friday, water reached his window sills, and he spent the day bagging what remained of his belongings.

Forecasters said Lorenzo could dump 5 to 10 inches of rain in Veracruz, with isolated downpours reaching 15 inches. The area is vulnerable to heavy rain. In 1999, flooding killed at least 350 people.

"What worries us is overflowing rivers and steep hillsides," said Ranulfo Marquez, Veracruz state deputy secretary for civil protection.

Meanwhile, a new tropical depression formed in the open Atlantic Ocean, and Tropical Storm Karen weakened further. Karen was expected to become a depression Saturday. Neither storm was expected to threaten land.

Tropical Storm Karen's center was about 660 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and its maximum sustained winds had decreased to 40 mph.

Associated Press writer Miguel Angel Hernandez contributed to this story from Veracruz, Mexico.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVWj ... wD8RUTAJG4

[Buck]

[Ptarmigan]

Dr. Jeff Masters says Hurricane Lorenzo set a new record in this record breaking season. This season has been nothing but surprises and has not disappointed me. I am actually more impressed than in 2005.

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[Cyclenall]

Dr. Jeff Masters says Hurricane Lorenzo set a new record in this record breaking season. This season has been nothing but surprises and has not disappointed me. I am actually more impressed than in 2005.

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More impressed than 2005? Nothing is more impressive then that season. 2007 is one to remember with some of the crazy records that were set.

[Ptarmigan]

More impressed than 2005? Nothing is more impressive then that season. 2007 is one to remember with some of the crazy records that were set.

2005 had more storms than any other seasons. Then again, none of those Category 5 hurricanes made landfall as one. 2005 was just a crazy season and caused a lot of problems for everyone. This season is the most impressive since 2005. 2005 should be a separate category on its own right.

[Cyclenall]

More impressed than 2005? Nothing is more impressive then that season. 2007 is one to remember with some of the crazy records that were set.

2005 had more storms than any other seasons. Then again, none of those Category 5 hurricanes made landfall as one. 2005 was just a crazy season and caused a lot of problems for everyone. This season is the most impressive since 2005. 2005 should be a separate category on its own right.

That's true. I thought you were saying that 2007 was more impressive then 2005.

[pojo]

Oh ok, was wondering. No flights out of the Houston area. Only Keesler no other places?

Sometimes out of Houston.... It depends on what we are doing at Keesler and IF there are extra planes at Ellington.

[Ptarmigan]

That's true. I thought you were saying that 2007 was more impressive then 2005.

That's what I meant to say actually. 2005 was also a deadly and devastating year as well. Hurricane Katrina was a tragedy.

[Wx_Warrior]

This season will be remembered most by: everything that will hit Texas/La then those certain folks disappear.