Post Hurricane Willa Update

Well, we missed another one.  Hurricane Willa went well north of us and we are thankful.  It rained for the better part of two days and Tropical Storm Vicente stayed to the south and we never saw the rain it may have brought.  The surf was big and waves ran up to the beach and to the beachfront walls of homes and businesses.  The north end beach did get reshaped quite a bit especially from about where Las Sirenas Beach Club is(was) towards the river mouth.  Las Sirenas Beach Club was a casualty of the the storm but I am sure our friend, Meg, will rebuild and be back in business just like always.

North beach.  Photo by Sayulita Life

Las Sirenas Beach Club.  North beach. Photo by Courtney

Main surf break. Photo by Sayulita Life.

Post Storm Pics.

Shot taken in front of El Break looking north

Standing in front of El Break looking towards the fishermen beach.

Standing in front of Captain Pablos looking toward river mouth.

Standing at river mouth looking back toward main beach

Communities in northern Nayarit were not so lucky.  It is very hard still to get information about the extent of the devastation that has occurred.  Reports are that over 100,000 people were effected just up the coast a few hours.  Transportation routes have been destroyed, houses are filled with flood debris or just gone.  People lost everything and very quickly from what I am understanding.  Very sad to see and hear about our neighbors to the north since it could have very easily been us.  Relief efforts have been organized all week here in town bringing truck loads of clothes and food to those in need in that area.

Photo by Infamador.mx

Photo by Infamador.mx

Hurricane Willa Is Coming!

'Tis the season for hurricanes for us and Hurricane Willa is headed in our general direction.  Puerto Vallarta is in the "red zone" for potential landfall and Sayulita is even more north of the city.  So, we prepare and we wait to see just where this storm is really headed.  We have been in the cross hairs for landfall before and we only saw a bit of drizzle so we know things can change quickly...for better or worse.  The time is now to prepare.  Food, water, propane, money, gas for the car and close up the house as best as we can.

This will be the first storm like this since our house went up.  I am interested to see just how it handles something like this with the wind and heavy rain.  Fortunately, we sit a bit protected on all 4 sides.  Down and out of the high wind zone unlike where we were in the first place we lived here when we had 270 degree exposure to the storms over the ocean.  At this time the storm is expected to hit the coast sometime Tuesday or Tuesday night.  It is always changing.  We will be ready.

Then, just for kicks, Tropical Storm Vicente is right behind it.