Hurricane Polo unleashes threatening winds as it approaches Mexico

RIGHT THE TIMELINE ON THIS IS MAD ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR IS RIDICULOUS FOR SUSTAINED WINDS AND THAT IS WHAT CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE POLO IS PACKING AS IT LASHES MEXICO RIGHT NOW AND THE THING IS IT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR ON MONDAY EVENING BEFORE HITTING SONORA BY TUESDAY MORNING WHICH IS TERRIFYING BECAUSE FORECASTERS ARE WARNING ABOUT DESTRUCTIVE SURGE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES SO RESIDENTS ARE BOARDING UP HOMES WHILE OFFICIALS SHUT DOWN PORTS CLOSE SCHOOLS AND HALT LOCAL TRAVEL AND THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WERE DEPLOYED TO PREPARE WHILE EMERGENCY SHELTERS OPENED AND METEOROLOGISTS SAY IT IS ALL BEING FUELED BY WARM EL NIÑO WATERS BEFORE REMNANTS REACH TEXAS.

YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ONE YET HAVE YOU? DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MONSTER PACIFIC STORM HEADING FOR MEXICO? NO OF COURSE NOT, BUT HURRICANE POLO IS PACKING MAXIMUM WINDS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR AND IT IS SLAMMING BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR NORTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS! THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAYS THE EYE HITS MONDAY EVENING BEFORE MOVING INTO SONORA BY TUESDAY MORNING, POWERED BY WARM EL NIÑO WATERS, AND THE THING IS FORECASTERS ARE WARNING ABOUT LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGES, DESTRUCTIVE WAVES, AND MUDSLIDES ACROSS STEEP TERRAIN, SO OFFICIALS HALTED TRAVEL, CLOSED PORTS AND SCHOOLS, BARRED ACCESS TO TOURIST BEACHES, AND DEPLOYED THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WITH SPECIALISED MACHINERY WHILE OPENING TEMPORARY EVACUATION SHELTERS TO PROTECT RESIDENTS BEFORE CONDITIONS RAPIDLY DETERIORATE.

Category 3 Hurricane Polo is bringing 115 mph winds and flash floods to Mexico's Baja California Sur ahead of expected landfall, prompting port closures and troop deployments.

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