Question

Impact and severity of Hurricane Patricia.

Answer 1

What economic impact will this Hurricane have on the population of Mexico is my question

Answer 2

Well, what sort of impact would you guess?
What wold happen here if such a storm hit a beach resort area?

Answer 3

http://www.weather.com/tv/shows/amhq/video/economic-impact-of-hurricane-patricia

Answer 4

Likely, the economic impact on Mexico will be negligible due to the fact that the most recent hurricane landed in a relatively not well populated area, but it will potentially harm any local business due to the destructive gale force winds of over 200 mph. However, one can take the opposite view that the hurricane may actually positively affect their crop yield due to the increased quantities of water coming in from the storm. This could also be construed negatively if one sees that this extra rainfall may kill dry-weather crops. Overall, it tends to be a benefit as a majority of crops need more water rather than less.

Another potential impact is that shipping could be delayed due to the storm, and that would reduce the potential for profit in the import/export trade cycle.

Overall, any number of impacts are to be expected in the area, and not all of them are easily predictable beforehand. Everything is dependent upon preparation.