Oregon Man Waited Out Hurricane Patricia Alone With Birthday Cake In Puerto Vallarta
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Portland man who traveled to Puerto Vallarta for a friend's 40th birthday decided to ride out Hurricane Patricia rather than evacuate.
Brian Bournival says it seemed the best decision because traffic was at a stop on the evacuation routes out of Puerto Vallarta and the road to the airport was a parking lot.
Bournival expressed confidence in the construction of the hotel that's a few blocks from the ocean. He described the pilings that the Piñata PV hotel is built on as "ginormous."
He and a dozen other guests gathered in a common area Friday morning; they have food, water and medical kits.
The others who came down for the birthday are in a different hotel, leaving Bournival alone with a giant cake he bought.
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