Today's forecast: Hurricane & Earthquake

Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Guate anymore...

I'm not worried. So I live in the tallest building in the area. So I live on the top floor of that building. So the only thing that stands between me and a hurricane's wickedly-whipping winds is a roof made of thin tin sheets. I'm not worried.

(Well, ok, maybe just a little bit.)

Hey, who knows? I may be "flying" to States sooner than I had expected!

[AND IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH WE'RE HAVING AN EARTHQUAKE TREMOR AS I TYPE THIS!!!!]

Sheesh, you know you're screwed when you have to stop writing about the incoming hurricane because the earthquake keeps shaking your desk.

What a country.

Pacific storm threatens Central America

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

(CNN) -- An unusual-moving Pacific tropical storm threatened Guatemala and El Salvador on Wednesday, and forecasters said it may reach hurricane strength before landfall.

Tropical Storm Adrian, the first of the Pacific storm season, was about 295 miles southwest of the Guatemala-El Salvador border, according to the 11 a.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

The storm's winds were sustained at 50 mph, with stronger gusts, and the hurricane center said some strengthening would occur over the next 24 hours.

Forecasters also said a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch may be issued for parts of El Salvador and Guatemala later Wednesday. A tropical storm watch already is in effect for the coast of El Salvador and the Pacific coast of Guatemala.