BJ Advertising Art retiree Mike Williams and wife Jane are keeping a wary eye out for Hurricane Willa, which slowed down a bit from Category 5 to Category 4, still nothing to mess with.

Mike and Jane are in Morelia, Mexico, “anticipating getting wet from Hurricane Willa,” as Mike put it.

His worries were justified. Intense rainfall in Morelia, Michoacán, left at least 27 neighborhoods flooded and derailed a freight train. Civil Protection officials said the Grande River overflowed its banks while other drivers and drainage systems in the municipality were at 100% capacity.

Mike said:

“The town's getting a one-two punch from tropical storm Vicente and Hurricane Willa."

Airlines canceled flights to Mexico.

Willa is bearing down on Islas Marias, an archipelago of four islands that belong to Mexico, which is 62 miles from the mainland state of Nayarit and about 230 miles southeast of the tip of Baja, California.

In the tourist resort of Mazatlan, the beach had almost disappeared on Tuesday morning as waves slammed against the coastal boulevard.

In 2009 Paula and I signed up for a cruise to Mexico with stops in Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas, but a swine flu scare in Mexico caused Princess Cruises to divert us to San Francisco, Santa Barbara and San Diego. Nice places, but hardly what we really wanted.

Mike was at Ol’ Blue Walls from 1968 till his 2012 retirement.
 
Later, Mike posted:

“Willa passed north of town. Blue skies above us now.”

 

Great, Mike! Now you and Jane can enjoy Mexican sunshine and tequila!