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Official death toll in Mexico from Hurricane Patricia? Zero
Remarkable! 
ies are clear, highways are flowing with traffic and airports across the western coast of Mexico are open.
The official death count from the strongest hurricane ever measured in the Western Hemisphere: zero.
Two days after Hurricane Patricia made landfall, packing winds of 165 mph, the toll appears to be limited to flooding and wind damage to houses, power outages and small mudslides that briefly blocked some roadways.
Visiting this port city late Saturday, President Enrique Peña Nieto lifted the alert that had been in place in the coastal states of Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit.
He attributed the outcome to government planning and growing experience with natural disasters. “Each of these episodes that we’ve experienced has allowed us each time to improve our system of civil protection,” he told reporters.
Luck was also involved, officials have acknowledged.
The center of the storm, whose winds off the coast had been measured at 200 mph, struck land in a remote, sparsely populated area. Its energy quickly dissipated in the mountains that rise from the coast.
Between 3,000 and 3,500 homes were damaged or destroyed in the storm, authorities said.
More than 235,000 people lost electricity, and by Saturday night about half had it back.
At least 19,000 acres of crops were destroyed by winds and flooding, state authorities reported.
Federal and state authorities are assessing the damage to houses and public infrastructure.
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-patricia-manzanillo-20151025-story.html
The official death count from the strongest hurricane ever measured in the Western Hemisphere: zero.
Two days after Hurricane Patricia made landfall, packing winds of 165 mph, the toll appears to be limited to flooding and wind damage to houses, power outages and small mudslides that briefly blocked some roadways.
Visiting this port city late Saturday, President Enrique Peña Nieto lifted the alert that had been in place in the coastal states of Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit.
He attributed the outcome to government planning and growing experience with natural disasters. “Each of these episodes that we’ve experienced has allowed us each time to improve our system of civil protection,” he told reporters.
Luck was also involved, officials have acknowledged.
The center of the storm, whose winds off the coast had been measured at 200 mph, struck land in a remote, sparsely populated area. Its energy quickly dissipated in the mountains that rise from the coast.
Between 3,000 and 3,500 homes were damaged or destroyed in the storm, authorities said.
More than 235,000 people lost electricity, and by Saturday night about half had it back.
At least 19,000 acres of crops were destroyed by winds and flooding, state authorities reported.
Federal and state authorities are assessing the damage to houses and public infrastructure.
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-patricia-manzanillo-20151025-story.html
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Just a halfhearted meteorological blow job. We're going to be fine!
