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- Puerto Plata
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- By carol read <carolread1945 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:24:45 +0000 (GMT)
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| Tomas passed by here with no wind and less than our usual rain - like a ghost in the night!! |
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- Rain and lots of it
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- By Roberta Mullin <robertamullin at yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:38:42 -0700 (PDT)
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| Greetings from the southwest! Here in Bani it is raining, so what else is new? It rained a lot last night and thoughout the morning. I took a patient to the hospital and on the way home it felt as if I was driving through rivers as the unpaved streets were full of water. There were not many vehicles either. I had my dyke of cement blocks out to prevent the water coming in the house so we were okay. Our street was almost full of water, running quite quickly. The rain stopped in the early afternoon and I went down to see the river. I think it rose about fifteen feet and running very swiftly. The city had dredged the river and piled up dirt on either side so no houses were lost. It wasn't as bad as Noel in 2007 but if it had continued to rain the way it did this morning, it would have been. It looks
from the map that we will still have some more rain but hopefully not a lot more. I feel so sorry for poor Haiti. |
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- A Cloudy and at times rainy day in Punta Cana
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:37:25 -0400
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Kind of an unpredictible day here with the morning staying pretty much cloud covered and a light breeze. By noon the breeze had picked up a bit...nothing strong, actually quite nice! Rain has begun to fall in short 2 minute bursts. Likely to be a wet eve and Saturday. No localized flooding. The moto conchos are still out in numbers, thus that says alot about the little rainfall so far today.
Cheers
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- Puerto Plata, North Coast
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- By carol read <carolread1945 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:27:57 +0000 (GMT)
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| We are under solid overcast with very light rain and moderate gusts of wind. No doubt things will get more interesting when Tomas passes in about 13 hours - everything always happens in the middle of the night!!! After reports of flooding in Sabaneta, we could only see boggy areas, although the rivers had been 3 ft higher judging by the muddy marks on the banks. The authorities have been lowering the levels in the dams to help them cope with the expected rain. Take care everyone! |
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- Punta Cana
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- By "kurt van opstal" <funbug at fun-buggy.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 20:55:52 -0300
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Today in the morning it didn’t looked
so good the weather, completely clouded and no breeze, but suddenly the breeze
came back, sun was forcing is way true the clouds and yes, in the afternoon it
cleared completely out, nice weather, the south west part of Hispaniola
has to deal with rain, we never had heavy rain falls since the beginning of the
week.
We had no problems with the weather this
week, making our buggy tours, at the moment we have a temp of 28 C, humidity 72%,wind
1 Bft 1.7 mph gust 3.3
Greetings
Kurt
http://www.fun-buggy.com/
let’s hope that Haiti, want be
affected to much
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- Rain, rain, rain
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- By "Teresia" <galax_y at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:14:37 -0400
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In Sosúa and Puerto Plata since yesterday we
have rain and grey skies for most of the time. There was heavy rain from
time to time all
night long. It´s gonna be a wet couple of days over
here.
The goverment has issued early warnings for the zone of
Punta Salinas to Pedernales for all water activities to be cancelled until
Tomas passes.
Today the goverment said to the people to not loose
intres in Tomas even if it now is a tropical depression.
We´ll see what happens in the next 72h.
To be continued...
Teresia Rosario
Reporting from Sosúa, North Coast
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- 18°25'18.58"N 69°59'39.68"W - Santo Domingo
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- By Chris <chris at aliveanswer.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:37:56 -0500
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The skies are CLEAR, wind is light / variable, pressure is 1014mb But the waves are HUGH. |
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- Hurricane Thomas
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:52:22 +0000
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Good morning,
Apparently Thomas will affect Hispaniola (island being shared by Dominican
Republic and Haiti). Current models put this system passing very close to
Barahona's peninsula and approach to Haiti after that, it gets me sad because
that country have gone thru much and now it's cholera outbreak...
Let's keep an eye over this system.
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
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- Spoke too soon!
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:35:39 -0400
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Seems I may have been gloating a bit about the nice sunny weather we have had while many of you were under clouds and rain. Lat night the skies lit up for as far as I could see, followed by periods of rain overnight...heavy around 1am. This morning, dreary skies and now a windless light rain. Looks like this will last through the day. Good day to clean the house before my wife returns home!!!.
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Punta Cana Mikes Dominican Adventure
Reality Tours for People Just Like You
829 981 7989
www.freewebs.com/puntacanamike
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- Punta Cana Dominican Republic
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- By "kurt van opstal" <funbug at fun-buggy.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 01:30:52 -0300
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Today it was quite a good day, sunny with a
breeze, some drops came down but just enough to refresh. Me making tours with
beach buggy’s for 17 years on this Island, and always taking the good
advices from StormCarib, specially this time a year.
It’s know 12.00 am and well the gates
are turned open, it’s raining heavy , with some thunder and lightning has
special effects.
Greetings kurt
http://www.fun-buggy.com/
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- The sun is still shining in Punta Cana
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:51:25 -0700
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Another nice day here,,,even nicer due to the dry west breeze blowing. Maybe a passing shower later, but all looks great on the beaches.
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Punta Cana Mikes Dominican Adventure
Reality Tours for People Just Like You
829 981 7989
www.freewebs.com/puntacanamike
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- Sunburn City
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:36:39 -0700
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With all this talk of rain and cloud, just thought I might pipe in and mention that for the past 5 days we have had literally perfect weather here on the east in Bavaro/Punta Cana. My arms and neck sport a bright red sunburn from a Sunday round of golf at Iberostar and yeterdays moto ride high into the mountains near Miches.
Thank you to all of you along the rim who have steered the latest weather maker northward!
The only problem with all this sun is my Cuba Libres gat watery too quickly!
Cheers
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- Foggy
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 12:37:14 +0000
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Good morning,
Just to share with you this picture I took on my way to work just minutes ago,
as yesterday, the vicinities of Santo Domingo are being overcasted by this
beautiful fog.
Besides that, its being raining already for several days, specially at nights.
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
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- This is what I expected
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:52:07 -0400
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I finally got around to washing my CRV last Monday. Since then, we have only had continous clouds and showers (heavy at times). It does not look like this is going to change for the next 4 or 5 days. Today the air feels drier and cooler...winds returning to the east. Overcast with the sun doing it's best to shine a little UV through, but loosing the battle.
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Punta Cana Mikes Dominican Adventure
Reality Tours for People Just Like You
829 981 7989
www.freewebs.com/puntacanamike
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- Rainy day
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:44:26 +0000
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Good evening,
My day was crazy at work so I forgot to issue a report earlier...
Today was very rainy at commuting (7:30 am) we had a very heavy downpour with
spectacular lightings and thunders striking the metropolitan area, my God I
remember driving next to the "Jardín Botánico" (Botanic Garden) and I saw those
white flashes striking in that zone full of trees, lot of people exercising got
soaked (Botanic Garden is used by many for exercise walk and jogging, it has 6
km of perimeter surrounded by nature). It was a slow commute to my work place,
and the day was pretty much wet, with light rain.
There have being mudslides already, some roads have suffered damage, but I do
not have accurate info right now.
Currently is raining again, seems it won't stop for now.
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
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- Rain....
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:40:09 -0700
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The header says it all! Along the coast it is not really that heavy but towards the mountains coming down in buckets!
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Punta Cana Mikes Dominican Adventure
Reality Tours for People Just Like You
829 981 7989
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- A mixed bag day in Punta Cana
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:32:51 -0700
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The breeze has certainly picked up this week, actually reminding me of November weather. Very comfortable. There have been a few heavy downpours scattered about the region but the "drive in - drive out" in 2 minute types. This morning's sunrise was a visual delight for early risers, but also a sign that the day should remain unsettled.
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- Will the rains return?
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:47:30 -0400
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Been kind of an odd couple of days, with promising sunshine followed by some pretty heavy downpours. This has resulted in a fair anount of road flooding, as they have built curbs along the streets and left nowhere for the water to escape...typical DR planning! LOL
I was on tour yesterday with a great group. Macao beach was even too rough for the surfers...in fact, right now I can hear the dull roar of the ocean ( i am 5 minutes walk from the beach), thus I think the seas will remain on the rough side for today.
The air has a nice feel to it this morning, much drier than last night, thus I hope those vacationing and living here on the east coast can enjoy the complete day. -- Punta Cana Mikes Dominican Adventure
Reality Tours for People Just Like You 829 981 7989 www.freewebs.com/puntacanamike |
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- Hmmm
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- By toni green <toniindr at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:02:49 -0400
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Always interesting to follow the paths of these storms. Of course they have not read the computer models and dont know what the rules are supposed to be! So here in our North East coast peninsula we are experiencing some fresh strong winds and nasty grey skies with rain showers. Seas are big and the beach is disappearing fast-!! We are surrounded by reefs which normally protect us very well and I am watching the waves pound those outer reefs and I can see some obvious very strong currents which look dangerous! It never ceases to amaze me how quickly our seascapes change, yesterday was clear water and blue. Thoughts are with all Bermudians, please keep safe as it doesnt look like you are going to escape this inevitable beast. Prepare well and batten down your hatches. Good luck.
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- Wet morning
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:22:58 +0000
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Good morning,
We woke up hearing thunders far away, I woke up late and when I noticed, the
sky was completely gray. It started raining 30 minutes ago here in Distrito
Nacional.
See attached photo.
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
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- Post Saturday September 11, 2010 at 17:42 local (22:42 UTC)
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- By Hugo Dominguez <hdominguez at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:48:20 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi! From Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This is my first report! I am thrilled! In the front of tropical wave 92L, since around 15:30 local (20:30 UTC) we started seeing action. So far a nearby PWS (http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IDISTRIT8) has reported a wind gust of 25 mph (42 kph) and approximately 1.5" of precipitation. ---------------------------------------------------- Hugo Dominguez Projects Manager / Gerente de Proyectos Everton Minera Dominicana, S.A. Tel 809-566-7623 - Fax 809-565-5651 hdominguez at yahoo.com
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- North Coast, Samana.
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- By toni green <toniindr at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:03:49 -0400
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Well, remnants of Gaston are sitting to our South today and we have been having pretty loud thunderstorms and lots of rain since last evening. It seems to be passing us very slowly!! Nice to feel a cooler breeze finally. Not seen much wind here on the North coast, just rain and thunder mainly.
Let see what Igor wants to bring us in a few days
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- Gaston is a remnant low
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- By "Guillermo A. Serra" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:01:13 -0400
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Good evening,
Days are again as hot and humid as usual, the heat sensation is making things very uncomfortable for those who adventure outside of a cool and dry office with A/C, since I work on the field (I am an Engineer) I can tell you this, everyday I arrive at my home smelling funny.
So, Gaston is falling apart, those are good news, at the beginning, I thought this could be a potential hit due to the trajectory he was following, if it regenerates, there's a long road to become something serious BUT, nature is nature and Hurricane forecast is not an exact science as Dave said.
Earl is threating the east coast United States, I have plenty of family (aunts, uncles, cousins, lots of cousins) living on New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, so is inevitable that this system makes me worry about them. My thoughts and prayers too you guys!
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
Santo Domingo, R. D.
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- A sunny sticky day
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:02:02 -0700
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To say the worst is over is kind of like saying we are unaware of the next punch coming! Although sunny hot and sticky today, the general scuttlebutt around the bar is that many of us have the heebee jeebees about Gaston. It has been some time now since a hurricane effected this area and we are due. Gaston is showing rapid development and we...who are aware, have already started the stocking of water and dry noodles and filling the tanks. There is only 2 roads into this region, which in turn become one and Having seen what a simple rodeo does to traffic...movement will be next to impossible.
I really hope that we are being overly cautious....time will tell.
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- Earl on the North Coast of Dominican Republic
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- By Maria Mensen <mariamensen at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:28:12 -0400
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August 31, 2010
We woke up this morning to strong winds and showers that kept many at home.
As Earl continued to travel North-West, the North coast of the Dominican Republic felt some of the winds on Earl's tails until just a few minutes ago.
There were reports of some palm trees and other trees bending and falling. But the rains and winds were not enough to cause any severe damage. Now, thought the ocean still looks furious and intimidating, but inviting to many adventurous surfers, the wind seems to have stopped or slowed down considerably.
The sun came out for a couple of minutes, but it's getting dark again, by the moving clouds.
Maria Mensen.
I have lived in the North Coast of Dominican Republic, in a town called Magante, for almost a year. I was a journalist in New York City for many years and earned a Masters Degree in Journalism from Columbia University in 2006.
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- central north coast
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- By "Mike" <morr at hotel-alegria.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:01:05 -0400
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We had a little rain but the sun is now popping out
from time to time. The ocean is really rough. All water sports and swimming are
banned for the day but I did see some crazy wind surfers out there this
morning. Earl has brought us almost two feet of sand on the beach which was
badly needed. Some storms bring sand and others take it away. Lets hope the
Fiona is not one that takes it away.
Mike
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- Punta Cana D.R.
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- By Mike Bryant <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:04:05 -0700
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Well, seems we have once again been spared from the wrath of a major hurricane. Yesterday afternoon I drove through an intense, but short-lived downpour. Other than that a a few very brief showers yesterday, nothing unusual. The stars were even out last night! Overnight...dead calm. Woke this morning to uniform gray clouds and light drizzle, punctuated by the odd heavier spell. Life is going on as if nothing is close. No localized flooding, no broken branches, simply a few palm frons laying around, but then again, they are dead and would fall off on any other day as well.
I guess it is a good sit at the carwash and play dominos day!
I am greatly concerned though about the invest off of Africa. Just a hunch, but something makes me want to stock up on water and candles. Should know better by Thursday!
Cheers from the Corner Bar
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- Distrito Nacional and Santo Domingo, Earl
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- By "Guillermo A. Serra" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:58:03 -0400
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Good morning,
I was expecting rain during the night, but nothing happened, the sky was clear (7AM) but right now is getting party cloudy, no wind, no signs of a Cat-4 monster churning close to our northeast. It seems like the southcoast will skip the TS winds, I don't know how you folks are doing up there (Puerto Plata, Samana's peninsula or Nagua town in María T. Sánchez prov.), but I hope things don't get nasty.
Chances of rain are high of course, past experiences scenarios have shown that even we dodge a tropical system, the worst happens well beyond the system has gone away (did I say that right? poor English, sorry), example, tails! At this moment, I see that Earl has a big tail to its north, if it does't move fast enough to the north, we could get hit by Earl's tail.
ONAMET is keeping a warning in coastal areas, specially in low land near sea, that is Nagua, Matancitas and Cabrera, I suppose northcoast is getting its own high tide show.
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
Santo Domingo, R. D.
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- Whiteout
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- By toni green <toniindr at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:32:48 -0400
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Good morning, well we woke up to a complete whiteout and could not see anything at all for about an hour. Strong winds and heavy rain, rain still continuing as I write. Internet was out but seems to be back now. We do not feature still on NHC advisories yet we are really experiencing high seas, strong wind gusts and rain. We are a peninsula here on the North East of Dominican Republic and perhaps more vulnerable than the other parts of the mainland. The official closest point of approach is still a couple of hours away and on CNN we just saw that Earl appears to be reforming so we will wait for next advisory to be sure it is moving well away!! Pleased to hear most of you fared OK but Earl is now on its way past other islands and seems determined to afffect as many islands as it can!!
Keep safe and prepared, Toni.
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- North Coast Samana
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- By toni green <Toni at BallenaBay.net>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:26:36 -0400
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Well early reports from most of you seem at least as though you have escaped too much damage. For us it is still wait and see if the big turn Northwards takes place. However since yesterday our beaches were several feet less and we have real waves and swells. The strongest winds we have felt for many months are blowing here and there is a much cooler air than before. Out goverment has issued an alert for our area and we expect to have strong sea swells at the very least. Good luck to Puerto Rico this evening as the storm takes effect for you.
We are hoping for a near miss but we are still monitoring carefully. Take care and be safe everyone.
Toni
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- Earl
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:42:23 +0000
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Good afternoon,
COE issued green alert for the following provinces:
1) Monte Cristi
2) Puerto Plata
3) María Trinidad Sánchez
4) Espaillat
COE issued yellow alert for the following provinces:
1) Samaná
2) La Altagracia
3) La Romana
Onamet is issuing advisories to residents in coasts, especialliy in following
areas:
1) Nagua
2) Cabrera
3) Matancita
These measures are being established despite Earl passing something more of 300
km away, just as precaution. Earl is being closely monitored to see if
additional measures are needed.
In my "personal" opinion, this seems to be a "dodge the bullet" case.
Stay tuned...
--
Guillermo A. Serra
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- Earl
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:24:18 +0000
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Good morning,
My thoughts and prayers for people on northern Antilles.
Our National Weather Office (Onamet) in conjunction with National Emergency
Center (COE) will have a meeting with the Press around 10 to 11 am to discuss
the contingency plans for approaching Earl to our country, let's wait and see
what happens.
Meanwhile according to all forecasts, there's a slight chance to TS winds on
the Northeast portion of the island, that is San Cristobal to La Altagracia
(south coast) and La Altagracia to Puerto Plata or probably on entire north
coast, depending on how rapidly Earl gain strength.
As of current conditions, there's an unusual fresh breeze north to south,
clouds are also moving in that motion, I am not an expert but I think is
because of Earl, skies are gorgeous.
Stay tuned...
--
Guillermo A. Serra
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- Earl on WNW track
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- By "Guillermo A. Serra" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:33:33 -0400
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Good evening,
Earl is a Cat 1 hurricane but telling from all forecasts, is not going to hit the Dominican Republic but there's a low chance (5 to 10% according to NHC site), that TS winds will be felt on the east portion of our homeland, specially on Cibao area and north coast. ONAMET is issuing advisories from Cabo Engaño to Samaná (Atlantic ocean side) and Cabo Engaño to La Romana (Caribbean sea side) including Saona island.
Closest point will be next Tuesday around 5:00pm local time from Samaná, María Trinidad Sánchez, Espaillat and Puerto Plata.
According to all tools and information available, Earl will not be nothing more than rain and probably some wind gusts.
Stay tuned...
--
Guillermo A. Serra
Santo Domingo, R. D.
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- Earl is getting our attention
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- By "Guillermo A. Serra" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:01:12 -0400
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Good morning,
Tropical Storm Earl has sustained winds of 97 kph, and is moving west, posing a threat for northern Antilles and maybe for the Dominican Republic's north coast. The more time it takes for it to turn NW, the bigger is the threat for our homeland.
Local authorities are paying close attention to this system and might start issuing warning later today or early tomorrow. I am looking for information about Earl each time with more frequency as its getting me a little bit anxious if this would be a "dodge the bullet", "scratch the coast" or "direct hit" case, though as current models says, there's a higher chance that this system will hit the "crash cushion" and change course.
Stay tuned...
--
Guillermo A. Serra
Santo Domingo, R. D.
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- Mixed days
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:08:51 +0000
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Good afternoon!
Simply to report that these days behavior is the issual: hor sunny mornings
then scattered t-storms in the afternoon, at least over Distrito Nacional and
vicinity.
It is a relief for us that these cool air masses come to refresh the day. See
the picture, gorgeous! (Not that a tourist in a beach would love it, lol!)
Stay tuned...
--
Guillermo A. Serra
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- Hot and sunny at the moment
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:26:17 +0000
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Good afternoon you all!
Santo Domingo is currently having a gorgeous day with sunshine everywhere, if I
were to the beach, it would be perfect. Not anything special developing 'near'
"La Española" (island name in Spanish) but according to our national weather
office, winds coming from east northeast combined with daylight heat, will
provoke isolated showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon, in my experience
that would be around 3 or 4 pm.
Something to watch far in the Atlantic, but is too soon to tell yet how will
things unfold later this week with it.
Yesterday we had a hot and melting-like day, but by 4pm it was interrupted for
30 minutes by a large thunderstorm that poured its fury large area of great
Santo Domingo.
Stay tuned...
--
Guillermo A. Serra
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- Very hot and humid
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:38:18 +0000
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Good afternoon!
Previous week was very wet, we start this one with sunny days and high humidity.
Just want to share this picture of an approaching "isolated rain cloud" on
Santo Domingo Norte (municipally of North Santo Domingo).
Stay tuned...
--
Guillermo A. Serra
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- Puerto Plata weather
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- By carol read <carolread1945 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:46:47 +0000 (GMT)
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| Today is gorgeous - hot sun and a steady breeze which is nice after 3 alternately showery and sunny days. Rain in the last 24 hours here was 0.4 inches. As usual Santo Domingo seems to have had the worst of the weather. |
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- Still raining
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- By "Guillermo A. Serra" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:59:05 -0400
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Good morning!
Santo Domingo (and probably the rest of the country) is waking up again under rain. This time I had trouble sleeping and can tell it has being raining the whole night. Yesterday a lot of stories of flooding in several streets. The most chocking was this one of a woman and her 3 year old child almost died drowned when she accidentally drove into a deep flooded street, volunteers that were in the area helped the to get out of the vehicle, later fire fighters pull the Honda CR-V out of the pond.
Here are some pictures:
Stay tuned... -- Guillermo A. Serra Santo Domingo, R. D.
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- Wet wet wetter
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- By Toni Green <toniindr at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:17:26 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi all. Well here on the North coast, Samana peninsula have seen rain constantly for 2 days already. The blob has been sitting right over us it seems and moving very slowly. As we have already has a whole years rain in the first 6 months of 2010, things are pretty soggy around here!! In an already slow high season for tourists this really doesnt help anybody very much!! My own son who just flew in from UK for 2 weeks in the sun has yet to see it!!!
Hoping that we see the last of it pass through today.
Good luck to the Bahamas who will be getting wet too after us and all those in its future path.
Keep dry everyone!
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- Heavy rains
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:55:17 +0000
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Good morning!
Just a quick mail to report that we woke up under heavy rains and it has being
like this since... not sure, probably more than an hour ago.
Dominicans are saying all kind of stuff about this rain on twitter, search for
"aguacero" or "#lluviard", you will find all kind of funny stories and
pictures, like this one posted by user at camilito2110:
http://twitpic.com/279tq9
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
(Enviado desde mi dispositivo móvil)
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- Rain on the north coast
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- By carol read <carolread1945 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 23:58:43 +0000 (GMT)
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Tonight the "blob" dropped 3 inches of rain on us in an hour with high winds - fortunately the towel brigade were up to the job and now we just have a steady rain. This year has been abnormal with the June rainfall this year outside the norm.
June 2007 3 inches Annual total 112.35
June 2008 6.5 inches 95.45
June 2009 3.4 inches 86.8
June 2010 22.5 inches 83.3 to the end of June!!!
With today's 3 inches we have equalled the annual figure for 2009 and it is still raining.
But it mostly rains in late afternoon or at night, and the days are gloriously hot and sunny. |
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- Streets flooding on Santo Domingo
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- By "Guillermo Serra Espaillat" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:05:04 +0000
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Good morning!
The rain keeps coming, and our streets and avenues are saying "can't take it
anymore!!", for those citizens outside, we are using hash #lluviaRD on Twitter
to alert everybody which spots to avoid.
Our local weather office is saying the there's a wide spread alert on the
country, flash floods and land slides.
I'm at a Hospital so can't use my phone that much, stay tuned for more...
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Guillermo A. Serra
(Enviado desde mi dispositivo móvil)
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- Rain and rain and more rain!
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- By Toni Green <toniindr at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:27:58 -0700 (PDT)
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Well after most of the islands suffered extreme periods of drought through the winter months, we here in the Northern peninsula of Samana had more rain than I can ever remember in a winter! Now we are having more rain than I can remember in this summer season!!! Normally we do not get as much rain as the South coast at this time of year. We are wet wet and wetter!!! The blob seems to be just hanging around, but right over our heads! Lots of localised flooding, and very bad for all the tourists who come to lounge on our beautiful beaches. Personally I feel we have way more than our fair share of the wet stuff in the last 6 months. Oh well I guess the sun will come out one day, but it has been 4 days now I think since we saw it:
Hope you are a lot dryer than us and stay that way.
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- Rain all day long
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- By "Guillermo A. Serra" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:32:29 -0400
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Good evening,
Since the very start of the day, on the longest day of the country and in most of this hemisphere (summer solstice), the day has being gray, cloudy, rain, few hours of sun if you sum the periods. The temperature has drooped to 26 degrees, which normally on a 35 degrees typical summer day, by this time is usually on 30 degrees, so is chilly, for us. Local weather service is alerting residents near water sources to stay alert, from few days ago, and still.
According to the forecasts, it is expected that this system affecting us will become a tropical depression, but for us, just rain, for the most of the time, no winds, no long periods of heavy rain.
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
Santo Domingo, R. D.
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- It is hot
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- By "Guillermo A. Serra" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 06:58:58 -0400
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Good morning,
Woke up this morning with the bad news from our National Weather Office that high temps will continue to suffocate us. I am already missing those cloudy or rainy days (not that much), where you could drink a hot cocoa or coffee without sweating it out later on.
I little story, last Thursday, was holiday (Corpus Christi), I didn't have to work, but still woke up very early, due to heave thunders, I was in my bed saying stuff like "wow, damn, Jesus" complaining about the noisy thunders and heavy, heavy rain. I decided to jump out from my bed to brew some coffee, it was 7:15am, everything was a little bit dark, when I was going downstairs (two story house) I didn't notice our first floor was flooded! I suddenly step into the water, I said omg wth is happening, my sleepers got soaked, the water layer was like 10 cm thick, we do not use carpet, our floor is granite, so in two ours everything was dry and clean, but my back, oh my back...
Apparently, the rain was so hard, so strong, and so long, our backyard drains did not supply for the demand, no electronic equipment got damaged, but in my dad building, the water leaked inside the building and flooded common areas and the elevator, they didn't have service for three days and it is a 10 floor building, imagine that.
The next day it was sunny like never before, and since then, the heat is suffocating us.
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
Santo Domingo, R. D.
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- Hurricane season for the Atlantic zone starts today
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- By "Guillermo A. Serra" <gaquiles at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 06:26:31 -0400
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Good morning,
Happy to be back, for another season.
Stay tuned...
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Guillermo A. Serra
Santo Domingo, R. D.
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- Earthquake Shake
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- By "Mike Bryant" <puntacanamike at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 09:01:18 -0400
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I know I have been known to come home in the early hours
with a few pints or ounces in me, but last night, being pre-election night with
all the local bars closed, I was a good boy!
I had just drifted off to sleep, when I awoke for some
unknown reason. At first I thought it was the vibrate mode on my phone…then
the room started to vibrate at moderate strength…..a rumble in the air.
It lasted for approx 20 seconds…the longer it lasted, the more concerned
I was getting! Then, sudden silence.
I thought immediately…an earthquake and a close one.
This was the strongest tremor I have felt here since arriving 6 years ago.
5.8 in Puerto Rico…83 miles away
All is well here, aside from a few uncertain moments.
As for the weather….looks worse on the maps than it is
in reality. Some sun and cloud and hardly any rain.
Cheers
PuntaCana Mike
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