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Have you heard about Hurricane Otis in Acapulco?

Have you heard about Hurricane Otis in Acapulco?

IN THIS ISSUE: Hurricane Otis, Spot Festival, NC Redistricting

Jason @ Port City Pulse
October 30, 2023

MONDAYS TOGETHER WITH

Good Morning Wilmington!

I once heard a theory that WWIII would not be kinetic because everyone now holds a cell phone and would broadcast the horrors of war. As a result the world would reject war. I’m hopeful we are seeing this in the massive protests taking place in Spain, London, Turkey, Rome, Pakistan, Berlin, India, France and Indonesia. Many of these are pro-Palestine protests but I hope what’s really going on is they are rejecting war and averting WWIII.

Enjoy the weather today and tomorrow morning. It’s going to cool down throughout Halloween day and slowly warm back up as we approach the weekend.

WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS

NYPD Chief gives conference to clear the air as to what happened at Palestinian protest which took place at Cooper Union College in Manhatten. Claims the police were present at the protest the whole time. Says: “There was no direct threats…no danger..or damage.”
Meanwhile, Israel ground invasion of Gaza has started
With little warning Hurricane Otis causes severe devastation in Acapulco
Never heard of this happening before and no idea what it means, but US halts exports of most civilian firearms for 90 days
Mike Pence officially suspended his campaign for the 2024 presidential race
Friends’ Star, Matthew Perry died at 54 years old of cardiac arrest in his hot tub shortly after a game of Pickleball. Rest in peace Matthew.

LOCAL NEWS

In today’s PortCityPulse:

Have you heard about Hurricane Otis?
Spot Festival!
Redistricting explained

News

Hurricane Otis Devastates Acapulco

This gets very little coverage but it pertains to us because we live on the coast where hurricanes are a great concern. On Tuesday October 22nd some Acapulco residents became aware that they may be affected by a tropical storm. Around 6PM Otis was upgraded to a hurricane and there residents heard that it might hit Acapulco. By around 10 PM that storm became a Category 4 Hurricane which ended up hitting the densely populated city of Acapulco that next morning between 1AM and 5PM as a Category 5 with 165 mph winds. the rapid buildup offered very little time to prepare. Keep in mind that we normally have 4-5 days to prepare of storms of this scale. Even residents that were in tune to the weather had less than 20 hours to prepare.

What does this mean for us? We need to be more in-tune to the weather when we hear about tropical storms that might affect our area (some great resources for this are Mike’s Weather Page and Windy.com). We have to be open to the possibility that we could have hours and not days to prepare for a sudden upgrade from tropical storm to a high-wind hurricane.

See Otis’ Path»

NC Spot Festival taking place in Hampstead November 4th & 5th

SAT 9AM-10:30 PM | SUN 9AM-5:00PM
14331 U.S. HWY 17, Hampstead, NC

The NC Spot Festival held its first festival in 1963. This year's festival will be held Saturday, Nov. 4 and Sunday, Nov. 5 at the same location, 14221 U.S. 17 in Hampstead. Admission is $5 each day. Free for ages 6 and under. Pets and coolers

are not allowed. Attendees can bring their chairs. Spot dinners are $12 and includes two spot fish, hushpuppies, fries and slaw. Beer and wine will also be available for sale. Over 100 Vendor from Arts & crafts to local businesses. Food vendors, cold beer from Salty Turtle and Budwiser, 2 days of live music.

After School spaces are limited and going fast!! Call us today at 910-799-3700 or purchase on our website.

Breakdown of redistricting

[WRAL] Laura Leslie of WRAL breaks down the controversial political redistricting. Now who’s hungry!

SAVINGS ALERT

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SAVINGS ALERT

Domino’s is offering FREE pizzas to people with student loans. Even if you don’t have a loan, they’re offering a free 2-topping medium pizza with an online order.

Brandon Johnson possibly crafts the creepiest Halloween costume, using old clothes, stilts and papier-mâché
[📹 spiritwalker]
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973)
8:42 AM • Oct 27, 2023

Adopt a Pet

Beanie

Beanie was surrendered to the shelter as her family was going through a divorce & neither spouse wanted to take her. She came in with a skin infection and she has finished her antibiotics for it. Her hair is growing back nicely.

Come on out and say hello to this beautiful girl!

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Support local vendors today at the Wrightsville Beach Farmer’s Market 8AM-1PM @Town of Wrightsville Beach Municipal Grounds

Last day of market in 2023 is December 4