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Originally Posted by Chris
No Chip00, not now and has never been .. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications...k/geos/st.html
I do not know where the funds for this system came from but this island is a member of both the Caribbean Basin Initiative (US) and CARICOM. So, I would not be surprised if it is donated funds from somewhere.
Anyway, most of the danger to islands such as ours and other Caribbean Islands from hurricanes and much rain, is danger of floods. This is the first system that I've seen that addresses this.
In the DR, many houses and dwellings are still built on the river banks, so, with flooding, houses get washed away and people drown. I've seen a similar situation in Panama, where houses are built on stilts, and flood waters come by and recede, leaving behind valuable silty topsoil and the indiginous community live with it and expect it.
In the DR (and Haiti it seems), I do not believe that anything has been done to address the problem of flooding. In Cuba, surprisingly, they evacuate early and quickly. |
Yes I see that I was wrong, somehow I was thinking St. Lucia was part of the VI - sorry.
There has been some planning of relocating of communities in flood prone areas here in the DR specifically I believe on the Ozama river - however, I don't know if the plan was ever implemented.
The problem is that the police apparently doesn't have the resources or authority or desire to remove the squatters in the flood prone areas and furthermore enforce the non-development in said areas as well.