Hurricane Simon is currently battering the western coast of Mexico after a relentless parade of earlier tropical storms, threatening massive infrastructure damage and dangerous flooding. Meanwhile, in Pescadero, the expat community has bravely met this existential meteorological threat by adjusting their hammocks three inches to the left and grumbling about the Wi-Fi dropping out. As torrential rains lash the peninsula, local surfers are calling it 'uncharted territory' solely because the left point is slightly too heavy for their intermediate skills.