“There’s a risk of 100 mile-per-hour winds in the coastal ranges, from Washington down ... gusts of 60 to 80 miles per hour along the Pacific Coast as well as inland locations and mountaintops.

Such a sight would be a rarity in England, but on Mexico’s Pacific coast it’s a nightly occurrence. An arrebol accompanies bedtime on my first night in Puerto Escondido — in this stylish ...