Cabo Survives Hurricane Blanca

Souvenir alley, leading from Cabo San Lucas to the marina, gets a cleanup Monday after a near-miss by an early hurricane.Bill Monroe

Sounds like Bill Monroe reporting for Oregon.Live was in Cabo when he filed this report:

The wind howled. Boats bounced in the harbor. Birds hunkered.

And in the end? Hurricane Blanca largely spared Cabo San Lucas a double punch from last year's devastating storm.

Even at the storm's height, one or two hard-core souvenir sellers were hawking wares to the few passing gringos out watching the wind and the boats in one of the highest-value marinas on earth.

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