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Old 10-30-2007, 11:50 AM
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Does anyone have any news of TS Noel damage in Barahona and immediate coastal areas? Bahoruco, San Rafael, etc...

I am trying to contact people there (Bahoruco) and can't get through
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Old 10-30-2007, 02:55 PM
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I am also curious what is going on in the southwest. From the media I've seen it seems to be the worst affected area. I am arriving on the Thursday and was planning to spend a week in this area on the 8th.

I hope god is working overtime to help out everyone who has lost their properties or worse.
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Old 10-31-2007, 10:54 AM
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Looking for news of Batey 6, anything would be great.
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Old 10-31-2007, 11:09 AM
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Pictures of Haiti and Southwest DR from Miami Herald:

Slide show | Dangerous Floods Noel

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Old 10-31-2007, 09:37 PM
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I just spoke to someone in Barahona and they have no kind of communication. Powerlines are down and bridges to Azua are flooded. Debris covers the Duarte, banks are closed because there is no power, so that if you have no cash on hand, you have problems.
Verizon's communication post is down and only Orange works. Very few establishmenst have backup power by now.
They have had rain since Saturday evening and althoughit wasn't considered a hurricane this storm lingered in the area for a long time.
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Old 11-02-2007, 06:13 AM
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Hi there,

Please keep posting all information you have on the pedernales penisula.

My brother (Jakke de Bélgica) lives in a beach cabana in La Ciénaga and I am pretty worried about him.
I spoke to him on the phone last Sunday and he said that he wasn't going to get shelter in the village, he tought that it wouldn't be necessary. He wasn't going to move his furniture to a house on higher ground either.
Does anyone know if it was predominantly rain that caused the floods, or high seas aswell?
Can someone confirm that there haven't been any mud slides in that area?

I saw the picture of the demolised communication tower of Barahona so he won't be able to contact us himself to let us know he's ok. (He doens't have a pc)
Thanks a lot in advance for all info!
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Old 11-02-2007, 06:31 AM
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Hi there,

Please keep posting all information you have on the pedernales penisula.

My brother (Jakke de Bélgica) lives in a beach cabana in La Ciénaga and I am pretty worried about him.
I spoke to him on the phone last Sunday and he said that he wasn't going to get shelter in the village, he tought that it wouldn't be necessary. He wasn't going to move his furniture to a house on higher ground either.
Does anyone know if it was predominantly rain that caused the floods, or high seas aswell?
Can someone confirm that there haven't been any mud slides in that area?

I saw the picture of the demolised communication tower of Barahona so he won't be able to contact us himself to let us know he's ok. (He doens't have a pc)
Thanks a lot in advance for all info!
From what I have seen, high seas were not the problem.
The sea was rough, of course, but the problems stem from the excessive rain, landslides, overflowing rivers. etc.
I'm not saying that you're bro's beach hut is alright, but I am saying that you need not worry that a sunami type wave came up and wiped him out.
This was not that type of storm.
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Old 11-02-2007, 09:35 AM
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Hi there,

Please keep posting all information you have on the pedernales penisula.

My brother (Jakke de Bélgica) lives in a beach cabana in La Ciénaga and I am pretty worried about him...
La Cienaga didn't suffer any dangerous floods and the sea was not a problem, I'm sure he is ok. I have friends and property in Bahoruco (village right before La Cienaga on the coastal road) and I also haven't been able to communicate but second hand information is that they are all fine and the sea did not present a problem. I hear there was some damage along the San Rafael river and the huts they use for cooking and selling fried fish along the river were swept away, but no one lives there so there were no casualties.
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Old 11-02-2007, 10:07 AM
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That's sad. I have a friend Diomedes, that has a kiosk in San Rafael.
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Old 11-02-2007, 11:59 AM
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San Cristobal is mostly discommunicated because most bridges were flooded. the main bridges to the capital and to Madre Vieja are down.

Also Ocoa is discommunicated as well. I have family in Las Auyamas and Altos that are stuck up there. The town has claimed no lights, water and have run out of gas as well.

Is all very sad!
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