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Podcast: The Dollar Vigilante
Episode: ACAPULCO SHORED: How, What, When and Why Acapulco Was Destroyed… And Who
Description:
Scientists are baffled. (Now where have you seen this before?)Â
Usually reliable computer models and the forecasters who use them didn’t predict Otis’ explosive intensification, creating a nightmare scenario of an unexpected Category 5 storm striking at midnight.Â
Just about 4 hours from when I started warning friends and family to expect a possible hurricane-hit and evacuate Acapulco immediately!Â
Five different hurricane experts have said they weren’t quite sure what set Otis off and why it wasn’t predicted, especially since meteorologists have been dramatically improving their intensity forecasts in recent years.
“The mode...