Mexico and Hurricanes. Mexico get's Patricia right.

To my knowledge the current death toll from hurricane Patricia is less than 10 people. That is a remarkable achievement considering that Patricia had wind speeds of over 165 mph when it hit land. Yes Mexico had some luck working for it. Patricia hit an area of low population density and it was too short lived to develop much of a storm surge. Even so, Mexico got this right when getting it right means there are people alive today that might not have been if the government had not acted quickly to evacuate its citizens and to provide assistance.

With Patricia Mexico shows its strength. But in fact, Mexico has many strengths. Congratulations Mexico. We morn those who are lost, but we celebrate those who lived.

On a slightly different note, VOX news is becoming an important English language source for Latin American news. I applaud them in this era of fascination with Asia and Europe for recognizing how import our own hemisphere is, both north and south. Their excellent analysis of Mexico's response to Patricia is here.