Tropical Storm Noel

[Kateinyork]

Originally Posted by juanita

Lost of rain right now over Santo Domingo!

****! My hubby's family are in the Herrera area - is it looking bad?

[Dolores]

Unless your husband lives near a river or a gully, should be life as usual. Maybe some flooding, but only if that normally occurs at his place. With the exception of some fallen trees that have affected electricity service, what we are experiencing here is mainly lots of rain. I suppose you are accustomed to it, as you say you live in London, but here in the Caribbean we take our sunny days for granted. Also, people who have to get to work, get soaked wet as they have to wait in long lines for transport and walk long distances, and of course, many take motoconchos, which means they will be drenched.

[Kateinyork]

Originally Posted by Dolores

Unless your husband lives near a river or a gully, should be life as usual. Maybe some flooding, but only if that normally occurs at his place. With the exception of some fallen trees that have affected electricity service, what we are experiencing here is mainly lots of rain. I suppose you are accustomed to it, as you say you live in London, but here in the Caribbean we take our sunny days for granted. Also, people who have to get to work, get soaked wet as they have to wait in long lines for transport and walk long distances, and of course, many take motoconchos, which means they will be drenched.

Hi there, my husbands family's house is built right in front of what used to be a river and was then filled with waste (something like that) and when it rains it fills up so I would imagine with this sort of rain it would be pretty bad? Does anyone know the Barrio Duarte area of Herrera? My husbands really worried and as he know's the area (he lived there for 27 years) I don't think he would worry about it for no reason.

I am in the UK, but not London (York) I can imagine what you mean about taking sun for granted - well I wish I could its so cold here right now!

Thanks
Kate

[bigbird]

A special thanks to ALL of the "on the scene reporters". The reports that came in yesterday were a great help. I was able to make contact with the few people I know in the DR this morning. It seems services are somewhat back to normal.

[vegasdiva]

Again, everyone, thank you for keeping those of us not there informed. It seems the TV news here is more concerned with Britney's life than with real events (how can I roll my eyes on the computer?) Noel got about 20 seconds of air time (and no photos) on the evening news (local & nat'l.).

I, too, have spoken with several friends in Higuey last night and earlier this morning. Seems to have calmed and power is back on - for now. Because of the power outages, people with cell phone only couldn't get them charged for awhile. Sounds like things are getting back to normal, and si dios quiere, the sun will be out tomorrow.

Times like these, I really appreciate those of you who write regularly on DR1.

[Rocky]

Now the tail end looks even longer than early this morning.
So much for my prediction of it all being gone by the end of the day.



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[Kateinyork]

Originally Posted by Rocky

Now the tail end looks even longer than early this morning.
So much for my prediction of it all being gone by the end of the day.



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That's exactly what I thought when I looked at it about an hour ago - doesn't look like it wants to leave just yet!

[Hillbilly]

RE: Duarte Hwy. It is open but there are two places where one of the bridges is closed and the other one is being used for two-way traffic.
RE: Rains. In Santiago there is a continual rain--more of a hard drizzle--that has not stopped since yesterday.
RE: Fatalities. This will not be know for days. And it will be much higher than current estimates.
RE: Blame Game. Now in full force. Can you imagine the woman that heads the meteorological office telling reporters "that she does not work on Sundays"?????

This will only get worse. Hang on.

HB

[Lambada]

For those with relatives in Puerto Plata: the town is operating normally. The worst effects were felt in the low-lying downtown barrios (near the port) where indeed there was some flooding but driving around this morning my overall impression is that this is no way as bad as the floods we had in March. Homes haven't been washed away in these barrios like they were in March. This is partly due to the rain being steady for a long time but not torrential and partly due to the fact that some drainage work had been undertaken in some barrio areas.
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Of course in El Javilar, the barrio outside Costamber, they had started the work and dug into the roads to lay pipes, but then they stopped, leaving the rubble dug up to act as a barrier to the rain draining away..........so those residents had a lot of water which had nowhere to run to. Residents in San Marcos who were effected in March still haven't had repair work done and have now been effected again
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This morning even the 'bad' road into Costambar is passable - a lot more holes than before so you bounce around like crazy (girls, wear a sports bra ). The University road into Costambar is no problem.

In the rest of the province of Puerto Plata there are reports of problems in Gaspar Hernandez and that the Sabaneta and Veragua rivers burst their banks but I'll leave it to those living there to report on this.
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