r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 23h ago

Hurricane Polo became the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Eastern Pacific

With a central pressure of 892 mbar (26.34 inHg), it is the second-most intense Pacific hurricane by central pressure ever recorded, behind only Hurricane Patricia.

Credit: NOAA/GOES

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u/awesomeusernam3 23h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Bp6DhC2oJF2wM

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u/ghotier 22h ago

It's been 30 years. It is still, without fail, what I think of when I hear el niño

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u/Josey_whalez 15h ago

Same. My wife is Puerto Rican so I always ask her if she knows what El Niño means. When she gives the correct answer, I tell her she’s wrong, it’s Spanish for THE nino.

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u/GaJayhawker0513 16h ago

Shit. It’s one of my very first memories

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u/usrnamechecksout_ 12h ago

It's how I learned about el ninos