first the hotel said it would evacuate them, ow it is just moving them to a higher floor. I would be very nervous about that.

The main problem is all the plate glass in a beachfront hotel. They'll be far better off with the room doors closed and locked, all lined up and sitting in the hotel hallway. They'll get wet when the windows go, but they'll survive.

Having the foresight to run a tub full of water will also help them survive. Otherwise, it'll have to be the toilet tank for fresh water.

I have a really bad feeling about Patricia

when you haven't gone through one for a while. You also forget what it's like to have rain falling horizontally so that you have to run around stuffing towels and newspaper into windows and doors. Then there's the fun of seeing glass bulging inward and wondering if the masking tape you've got all over it will keep it from shattering.

Yuck. At least whee i am now, the most we have to worry about is one of them raining itself out over us and Patricia won't do that, she'll go east over east Texas.

Flooding danger there, but hopefully it will blow itself out.

includes the popular resort of Puerto Vallarta and the important port city of Manzanillo.

Don't live on the water and there are lots of buildings between them and the beach but still very scary. She says the roads are now closed out of PV and the electricity and water will be turned off at 6pm. She'll email me as soon as they get power back, whenever that is. I am very worried.

We lived there for several years and visit often. Lots of prayers for our friends tonight

It won't load for me anyway.

Also the page says , they turn off the camera after dark.

I don't think this one is going to be merciful.

and a mile above it; we have already gotten 4" of rain today....the wind is starting up too, and the dogs are wigging out (air pressure?). Can't imagine what it will be like on the coast.

We're keeping our heads down and praying for those in less-protected situations than ours.

and figure they may be needed. Have registered on call with emergency rooms in PV. She says the sound is getting louder every minute. Very scary. Her power will be cut soon.

I wish them the best

areas before. Kathleen has been volunteer nursing and teaching in Mexico for years and doesn't think they can walk away when their friends are in danger. I hope they will be okay and hope she contacts me the minute the power comes back on. Thank you for your kind words.

I will cross my fingers that there won't be anyone hurt, but I know its inevitable because it's such a bad storm.

This is truly frightening. I feel sorry for them, also.

We love the Puerto Vallarta area, we've visited several times. I'm very concerned for the residents there.

I'm very worried about the people in Mexico tonight. Very, very worried.

The places where it is hitting have a large population of the very poor. This is going to hurt, big time. Get ready to open your wallets for hurricane relief.

I don't have much but I'll give what I can.

Patricia made landfall in a sparsely-populated area north of Manzanillo and south of Puerto Vallarta. I've driven through there and the only road is back a ways from the coast; there are small scattered villages and banana plantations and not much else. I hope those people got out and they will need help to rebuild, but this is much much better than what might have happened.

For us, it is pouring rain, and we can expect more rain and high winds in the next days but we are doing fine: satellite, power and internet are intermittent, but then they frequently are.

I hope we have all dodged a bullet.

And more concerned about tiny towns in the mountains.