And having to add that qualifier of "almost" is probably a good thing, in retrospect.
It's just that I was following the biggest, hugely powerful, worst ever on record storm named Patricia (which, I'm assuming everyone was saying wrong and should probably have been pronounced "puh-TREE-see-a") -- not just because I was once in Puerto Vallarta (at an all-inclusive resort paid for as a prize for my region's outstanding performance back before the Great Recession put the kabosh on such corporate expenditures), but also because I didn't want it to track to my new environs in southern Florida (ten years ago, Wilma also stopped by Mexico this time of year before coming over and doing a lot of local damage [although, meteorologically, that was a different ocean basin]).
Turns out the hyperbolic hurricane was NOT as bad as it could have been, and dissipated quickly enough, so crisis (or crises) averted. It does make me wonder, though, would Trump's wall have kept Patricia on that side of the border with the (alleged) criminals and rapists? He might have to reconsider his plans ...
Regardless, party city of mine (circa 2007), courtesy of some good luck and wacky storm behavior, you were missed (by the storm), and therefore won't have to be missed the other way (for being gone)!
BIGGEST, HUGELY POWERFUL, WORST EVER, CATEGORY 5++ (ISH):
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-patricia-mexico-coast
ALL KIDDING ASIDE, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THE STORM ACTED THIS WAY:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/hurricane-patricia-did-little-damage/
PUERTO VALLARTA -- STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS:
http://visitpuertovallarta.com/
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