not knowing anything about weather in Dominican, what will the month of September October be like? How long does hurricane weather usually stick around for??
how angry do you think Earl will get??
Earl has not been any angry to Us in the DR,
in case of the East Coast we received at least a bit of water for the Gardens and Yes, my own sportfishing business came to a halt for at the end max 4 days, something that happens often during our rough wintertime in december/january and february, seldom during summer like now.
offshore bypassing Cyclones are not a prob, Rainloads are.
sometimes near bypassing Hurricanes bring a huge Rainload that floods Cities/Rivers/produces Mudslides, SomeTimes, but most deadly slides and flooding our Island does receive from so named vaguadas, windfree Rainloads standing over a wide area and Raining down on it for many long hours, sometimes days, such vaguadas can occur at any time of the year, there is no specific Season and mostly they are not known/predicted more than 24hrs before they are in full swing.
Hurricanes bring desaster Rains only every several years, real Hurricane Hits on the DR are very Rare, maybe a handfull since the 1930's.
Earl was not any of such,
he did not Hit
and he did not bring any dangerous Winds
and he did not bring dangerous Rains,
many areas of the Island did not get any Rain at all out of Earl.
he has his destin located elsewhere, in a few days we will know If and How Bad of a Boy he is.
in case of the DR he is not of any Concern.
happy Travels
Mike
