Tropical Storm Noel

[DrChrisHE]

Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

When is the rain going to stop?? I'm coming tomorow for only 2 days. Thursday i'm flying back to NY. I was there the first week of October and it rained everyday while I was there. Ugh.

I'd love to know the answer to your ? but it's all speculation at this point (although Rocky has been known to nail this exactly if I'm not mistaken and he said not until Tues evening.)

I want to know because I have surgery scheduled on WED, 31st of Oct in the Cap.

The sat pix look like Rocky is right. This storm is moving VERY slowly and because JD/Boca Chica and SD are right off the Caribbean, as long as there are swirls out there, we'll be getting some action. If I were scheduled to fly in, I'd wait till later in Nov or Dec to come (but that is me--knowing it's rainy season.) There's lots to see and do even in the rain, but if you want sun, that's my advice.

[tht]

.. I took these this morning between Boca Chica and Guayacanes, all cellphone pics not super sharp. You're probably right Rocky not over untill tomorrow.

[Bob K]

Here is a sad note just posted on Yahoo news. At least 12 dead in DR due to flooding:

Dozen dead as tropical storm drenches Hispaniola - Yahoo! News

I am sure it will get worse. Here on the north coast (cabarete) lots of rain and mild winds.

Bob K

[Chirimoya]

Diario Libre is criticising the Met. Office for not providing enough warning, but my impression is that this was not forecast by international meteorologists either, so the DR weather people should not be singled out, or anyone for that matter, because of the way the storm developed. Do the weather pundits agree?

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by tht

.. I took these this morning between Boca Chica and Guayacanes, all cellphone pics not super sharp. You're probably right Rocky not over untill tomorrow.

Excellent pix, tht.
Must be a heck of a good cellphone.
Wouldn't happen to be a Sony Ericsson, would it?

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by Chirimoya

Diario Libre is criticising the Met. Office for not providing enough warning, but my impression is that this was not forecast by international meteorologists either, so the DR weather people should not be singled out, or anyone for that matter, because of the way the storm developed. Do the weather pundits agree?

I ain't no pundit and I don't know how well weathermen can forecast with accuracy, but it certainly was clear to me a couple of day ago that some bad weather was coming our way.
I always watch that weather site with the Sat pix, knowing that what's to the East of us is coming our way, and that storm's been visible to the East of us for days.

[DrChrisHE]

Originally Posted by Bob K

Here is a sad note just posted on Yahoo news. At least 12 dead in DR due to flooding:

Dozen dead as tropical storm drenches Hispaniola - Yahoo! News

I am sure it will get worse. Here on the north coast (cabarete) lots of rain and mild winds.

Bob K

Hey thnx for link. Did anyone else notice that the sat pic they put in this didn't even include the DR/Haiti--just Cuba and the US??

Another thing...all you N coasters...Yahoo states "the mountain community of Caberete..." K lo K? I've been there and it's on the beach. Do you guys consider it a mountain community? Is there another town with a close name other than the famous surf community near Puerta Plata?

[Dolores]

I agree that the criticism is unfair. I think it caught every one off guard. There are few storms that develop so fas as this one did.

But given the vulnerability of many areas to storms, probably the point made is that one needs to be on top of them to check for when one will go from depression to storm and then give out the warning and have the channels so that the message goes out through all the television stations as a warning.

I recall watching in US TV a ticker that was put on shows to announce that a tornado could be in the making.

[Bob K]

Originally Posted by DrChrisHE

Hey thnx for link. Did anyone else notice that the sat pic they put in this didn't even include the DR/Haiti--just Cuba and the US??

Another thing...all you N coasters...Yahoo states "the mountain community of Caberete..." K lo K? I've been there and it's on the beach. Do you guys consider it a mountain community? Is there another town with a close name other than the famous surf community near Puerta Plata?

I think they were talking about a town in Haiti (Cabaret) not Cabarete DR, which is indeed on the north coast and on the beach. Again here just lots of rain and light wind.

Bob K

[Chirimoya]

Scanning through the DR press there are horrendous reports coming in from all round the country. The international media are reporting eight deaths, but it looks like there will be more.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7068193.stm