Hurricane Odile, Most Intense One on Record, Strikes Baja California. Just Extreme Weather as Usual

I'm usually not the breaking news type diarist here, but it's perhaps a telling sign that in the age of extreme weather we've become so accustomed to outlandish storms that a hurricane as unusual in size and location as Odile wouldn't be all over national headlines.

Hurricane #Odile has left nearly 250,000 people without power, @aleithead reports http://t.co/...pic.twitter.com/cV1n1kusjz

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 16, 2014

Odile really did a number on Cabo, but I'm wondering if it's simply because our minds don't (yet) allow for a hurricane of that caliber to occur just down the coast from LA that we don't see more images like these all over the American mainstream media's frontpages.

Hurricane #Odile: Streets flooded, homes and hotels destroyed in Mexico's Baja California http://t.co/...pic.twitter.com/KPeS23c3VH

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 15, 2014

Here's a screen shot of today's New York Times home page...

The Washington Post at least has it on their blog. I guess that's what a mere Category 3 gets you these days. If they read their own blog, they might consider switching it to their home page...

Hurricane Odile crashed ashore Sunday night tied for the most intense hurricane on record to strike Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. The large and powerful Category 3 hurricane packed sustained winds of 125 mph as its eye passed very near the popular vacation destination Cabo San Lucas.  Reports and photos are just beginning to trickle in and, based on early accounts, the damage appears to be devastating.

I only heard about Odile because my friend posted on Facebook that she lost her home near San Jose. She's currently not there, so I'm not sure how bad the damage is, but I was there a few years ago and it's no shack she's living in. Odile is for real!

Aftermath of Hurricane #Odile at Playa Grande Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: pic.twitter.com/1Kh4CrkEoY

— ABC News Weather (@abcnewswx) September 15, 2014

Don't believe me? Look at what happened to the Cabo airport...

@TWCBreaking@CNN@cnnbrk Cabo' airport #HurricaneODILE#LosCabospic.twitter.com/9MFhYqXVdK

— Blake Harrington (@BlakeHarrington) September 15, 2014

“It’s very rare to get a major hurricane [ category 3 or higher] to reach the Baja Peninsula,” said Brian McNoldy, Capital Weather Gang’s tropical weather expert.  “I found just two previous storms in the records to make landfall as major hurricanes: Kiko (1989) and Olivia (1967).”

Okay, so I know single events don't prove or disprove the existence of climate change, but you know something is seriously whacked when Alta California is suffering from the worst drought in over 100 years and Baja California gets slammed with something that's just not supposed to happen.

Time to rewatch Neil deGrasse Tyson breaking down the differences between weather and climate change.

Then sign up to attend or support in any way, shape or form possible the People's Climate March in New York City this Saturday...