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Aftermath of Hurricanes Irma & Maria
We live in Bani. We felt nothing and had electricity and phone service throughout the entire episode. The only issue I saw on the street next to our place was flooding due to clogged draininge but that got cleared after the neighbors went out and cleared the drain.
4:00PM Sunday. East of Sosua. Power back on and stable. DeLancer internet stable again.
Edenorte workers had to check every splice, transformer and pole fuses on the circuit before turning it on. So takes a long time with limited trucks with the buckets. This also brings overall power on a little slower that helps stabilize the loads. Sounds like they thought this thru much better then usual.
Down side? Running my generator I could run lots of AC since it was running anyway. Paying Edenorte for AC costs way too much. Dang.... it feels so hot and humid now. When we get our solar back up we usually have enough sun power to run a couple a AC units during the day.
Hope all is well and getting better for everyone.
Edenorte workers had to check every splice, transformer and pole fuses on the circuit before turning it on. So takes a long time with limited trucks with the buckets. This also brings overall power on a little slower that helps stabilize the loads. Sounds like they thought this thru much better then usual.
Down side? Running my generator I could run lots of AC since it was running anyway. Paying Edenorte for AC costs way too much. Dang.... it feels so hot and humid now. When we get our solar back up we usually have enough sun power to run a couple a AC units during the day.
Hope all is well and getting better for everyone.
computer translated. Note the phone # to report damaged areas not being seen to.
Public Works extends cleaning operation after Irma
Sandra Guzman | 10 September, 2017
With the purpose of restoring normality to the shortest possible time in the communities affected by Hurricane Irma, the Minister of Public Works, Gonzalo Castillo, ordered that the work of the brigades of that institution be extended until Saturday 15 of five thousand man.
The maintenance brigades and the Military and Police Commission will continue the cleaning work, collection of debris carried by the waters and trees demolished by the strong winds of the phenomenon that affected part of the country as it passes through the Atlantic Ocean.
"We want the affected areas to be clean and that people can travel normally as tourists can continue to enjoy the Dominican Republic," Castillo said in a press release.
The Minister of Public Works also urged people who have a report of damages and have not been served yet, notify him by calling 829-688-1000.
It is expected this week a commission technician from the institution a report of the damage left by Irma as it passed through the country.
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/09/10/obras-publicas-extiende-operativo-limpieza-tas-paso-irma/
Public Works extends cleaning operation after Irma
Sandra Guzman | 10 September, 2017
With the purpose of restoring normality to the shortest possible time in the communities affected by Hurricane Irma, the Minister of Public Works, Gonzalo Castillo, ordered that the work of the brigades of that institution be extended until Saturday 15 of five thousand man.
The maintenance brigades and the Military and Police Commission will continue the cleaning work, collection of debris carried by the waters and trees demolished by the strong winds of the phenomenon that affected part of the country as it passes through the Atlantic Ocean.
"We want the affected areas to be clean and that people can travel normally as tourists can continue to enjoy the Dominican Republic," Castillo said in a press release.
The Minister of Public Works also urged people who have a report of damages and have not been served yet, notify him by calling 829-688-1000.
It is expected this week a commission technician from the institution a report of the damage left by Irma as it passed through the country.
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/09/10/obras-publicas-extiende-operativo-limpieza-tas-paso-irma/
A *lot* of avocados, fruits and vegetables come out of this area. Computer translation.
They ask to declare in a state of emergency the municipal district El Pinar in Ocoa
Willy Ortiz
San José de Ocoa
Three storms and a hurricane have destroyed road infrastructure and agriculture in more than a dozen agricultural communities in the El Pinar municipal district, which today calls on the government to declare it in a state of emergency because of the situation the villagers live in.
"This was first Olga and Noel in 2007, then Cindy and now the effects of Hurricane Irma that caused roads and roads to collapse, where 32 trucks loaded with vegetables are paralyzed," said producer Raul Gerónimo, former president of the Association of Ocoa Avocado Producers.
He emphasized the president's willingness to send brigades and some equipment to affected areas and demanded that the president inquire because the rehabilitation of the Pinar-Los Tramojos road has not yet resumed, which on a surprise visit considered it a necessity.
This road is full of holes, ditches, boulders and cliffs and producers have to push the vehicles in the middle of quagmires.
Also the private sector suffered heavy losses in the area of greenhouses where the drainage systems collapsed, according to tomato producer Kennedy Rossis.
On his side, the mayor of Pinar, Ambiorix Rossis called the situation of Los Tramojos, Los Negros, Los Limones, Domingo Table, Sabana Abajo, Sabina Palo, Los Corralitos, Arroyo Hondo, El Cercado, Rancho el Pino, El Montaso, El Bejucal and Sabana de San Juan.
He thanked the minister for sending equipment for an emergency operation in the zones, and said he hoped that the work on the Pinar-Los Tramojos road, which is more than 60%, will soon be resumed.
Contingency plan
While visiting the areas, General Estanislao Gonel Regalado, director of the Military Police Commission of Public Works, weighed the contingency plan prepared by Minister Gonzalo Castillo, so that there is viability in the affected areas.
"Evaluations will be made later, medical operations, food distribution and other actions as President Danilo Medina wants."
Photo and article: http://www.listindiario.com/la-repu...gencia-el-distrito-municipal-el-pinar-en-ocoa
They ask to declare in a state of emergency the municipal district El Pinar in Ocoa
Willy Ortiz
San José de Ocoa
Three storms and a hurricane have destroyed road infrastructure and agriculture in more than a dozen agricultural communities in the El Pinar municipal district, which today calls on the government to declare it in a state of emergency because of the situation the villagers live in.
"This was first Olga and Noel in 2007, then Cindy and now the effects of Hurricane Irma that caused roads and roads to collapse, where 32 trucks loaded with vegetables are paralyzed," said producer Raul Gerónimo, former president of the Association of Ocoa Avocado Producers.
He emphasized the president's willingness to send brigades and some equipment to affected areas and demanded that the president inquire because the rehabilitation of the Pinar-Los Tramojos road has not yet resumed, which on a surprise visit considered it a necessity.
This road is full of holes, ditches, boulders and cliffs and producers have to push the vehicles in the middle of quagmires.
Also the private sector suffered heavy losses in the area of greenhouses where the drainage systems collapsed, according to tomato producer Kennedy Rossis.
On his side, the mayor of Pinar, Ambiorix Rossis called the situation of Los Tramojos, Los Negros, Los Limones, Domingo Table, Sabana Abajo, Sabina Palo, Los Corralitos, Arroyo Hondo, El Cercado, Rancho el Pino, El Montaso, El Bejucal and Sabana de San Juan.
He thanked the minister for sending equipment for an emergency operation in the zones, and said he hoped that the work on the Pinar-Los Tramojos road, which is more than 60%, will soon be resumed.
Contingency plan
While visiting the areas, General Estanislao Gonel Regalado, director of the Military Police Commission of Public Works, weighed the contingency plan prepared by Minister Gonzalo Castillo, so that there is viability in the affected areas.
"Evaluations will be made later, medical operations, food distribution and other actions as President Danilo Medina wants."
Photo and article: http://www.listindiario.com/la-repu...gencia-el-distrito-municipal-el-pinar-en-ocoa
On yahoo news. Not DR but thought interesting.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/royal-car...ne-relief-230805405--abc-news-topstories.html
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/royal-car...ne-relief-230805405--abc-news-topstories.html
It is hard to fathom what lengths some of these politicians will go and onto which bandwagons they jump, to get funding for needed infrastructure in their region.
The May rains day in day out will have done greater damage to the area than Irma and to mention storms from ten years ago in the same sentence makes the point that this is the usual political opportunism.
A drive through the mountain range between the Cibao and the North Coast today will demonstrate the minimal effects that Irma had in the upland regions closest to the storm.
This storm somehow managed to drop about 27 inches of rain in less than
24hrs throughout Jacksonville, FL and the beaches right about hightide.
Needless to say some parts of the city have been flooded, including my
mother's town home in Atlantic Beach with about 4ft of water on the first
floor :surprised
24hrs throughout Jacksonville, FL and the beaches right about hightide.
Needless to say some parts of the city have been flooded, including my
mother's town home in Atlantic Beach with about 4ft of water on the first
floor :surprised
Residents in Palo Verde of Montecristi have homes flooded with water and mud
They complain of little help from government authorities
MONTECRISTI, Dominican Republic - Residents of the Palo Verde community in this province managed Monday to get water and mud from their homes after Hurricane Irma passed through this part of the country.
Those affected complain of little help from government authorities.
In this town of the Northwest of the country are registered almost 500 houses flooded by rain.
http://www.cdn.com.do/2017/09/11/residentes-palo-verde-montecristi-sacan-agua-lodo-cientos-casas/
They complain of little help from government authorities
MONTECRISTI, Dominican Republic - Residents of the Palo Verde community in this province managed Monday to get water and mud from their homes after Hurricane Irma passed through this part of the country.
Those affected complain of little help from government authorities.
In this town of the Northwest of the country are registered almost 500 houses flooded by rain.
http://www.cdn.com.do/2017/09/11/residentes-palo-verde-montecristi-sacan-agua-lodo-cientos-casas/
montecristi has flooded over and over and over. I've been there several times after flooding the first couple of times and gave help. Nothing changed............... no more help.
The final news out of the Keys may be very sad Just this afternoon SAR helicopters were arriving and Abraham Lincoln is enroute to provide aid Apparently Rt1 is closed and no power on the Island
Back to RD Sunny....
I'm catching up you....
moto sierra came today slicing up downed trees
DISH repair scheduled after we removed the parabola to safety... needs repointing.
Boys are on the job and phone... photos and chatter
Happy to be cleaning up
A relief to the neighborhood.....to have it all over
I'm catching up you....
moto sierra came today slicing up downed trees
DISH repair scheduled after we removed the parabola to safety... needs repointing.
Boys are on the job and phone... photos and chatter
Happy to be cleaning up
A relief to the neighborhood.....to have it all over
Irma affected almost a thousand houses; 28 aqueducts still out
Diana Rodríguez | September 12, 2017
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reduced to one province the level of alert in those towns most affected by the effects of Hurricane Irma, while Inapa reported that more than 400 thousand people remain without drinking water.
Montecristi is the only province that is kept on green alert. The civil protection agency discontinued the alert for San Cristóbal, Peravia, San José de Ocoa and Azua.
Also for the fragile, small and medium boats on the Atlantic Coast from Manzanillo in Montecristi to Cabo Engaño La Altagracia, due to winds and abnormal waves caused by Hurricane Jose.
According to the COE's report, 993 homes remain, 1,474 displaced to family homes, 98 in shelters, and almost 1 million people without drinking water.
Systems out of service
While the National Institute of Drinking Water and Sewerage (Inapa) reported that 28 aqueducts remain out of service and that the institution began repair work.
Through a press release, the head of the entity, Horacio Mazara, explained that of a population of one million 492 thousand 424 inhabitants affected by the exit of these systems, it remains to restore the service to about 463 thousand 179 users.
He said that the direction of operations works hard to supply the liquid to the citizens and offered a guarantee of the potability of the water served through the systems that the institution operates.
"Since the announcement of the passage of Hurricane Irma by our territory, we were summoned by President Danilo Medina, who declared the Government in a permanent session and directed us to take the necessary actions so that the population does not suffer from shortages of drinking water" , said the engineer.
Mazara also stressed that the Inapa activated the emergency committee in order to comply with all protocols of procedures established to respond immediately to eventualities that could arise.
Among the out-of-service aqueducts they quoted Multiple Hato del Yaque, in Santiago; La Peña Pontón (Obras de Toma), in Duarte; Arroyo Blanco-El Guanal, in Santiago Rodríguez and Jicomé, in Valverde. Also affected were the aqueducts of Azua and Baní (extension La Gina in Peravia, La Descubierta, Bartolomé, Guayabal in Independencia, and Villa Jaragua in Bahoruco.
Communities aware of river floods
The COE recommends following the guidelines of civil protection agencies as well as maintaining contact with the Civil Defense, Armed Forces, Red Cross, National Police, Fire Departments. He urged residents in high-risk areas near rivers, streams and canyons to watch out and take precautionary measures for possible floods and flash floods in the event of downpours.
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/09/12/irma-afecto-casi-mil-viviendas-siguen-fuera-28-acueductos/
Diana Rodríguez | September 12, 2017
The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reduced to one province the level of alert in those towns most affected by the effects of Hurricane Irma, while Inapa reported that more than 400 thousand people remain without drinking water.
Montecristi is the only province that is kept on green alert. The civil protection agency discontinued the alert for San Cristóbal, Peravia, San José de Ocoa and Azua.
Also for the fragile, small and medium boats on the Atlantic Coast from Manzanillo in Montecristi to Cabo Engaño La Altagracia, due to winds and abnormal waves caused by Hurricane Jose.
According to the COE's report, 993 homes remain, 1,474 displaced to family homes, 98 in shelters, and almost 1 million people without drinking water.
Systems out of service
While the National Institute of Drinking Water and Sewerage (Inapa) reported that 28 aqueducts remain out of service and that the institution began repair work.
Through a press release, the head of the entity, Horacio Mazara, explained that of a population of one million 492 thousand 424 inhabitants affected by the exit of these systems, it remains to restore the service to about 463 thousand 179 users.
He said that the direction of operations works hard to supply the liquid to the citizens and offered a guarantee of the potability of the water served through the systems that the institution operates.
"Since the announcement of the passage of Hurricane Irma by our territory, we were summoned by President Danilo Medina, who declared the Government in a permanent session and directed us to take the necessary actions so that the population does not suffer from shortages of drinking water" , said the engineer.
Mazara also stressed that the Inapa activated the emergency committee in order to comply with all protocols of procedures established to respond immediately to eventualities that could arise.
Among the out-of-service aqueducts they quoted Multiple Hato del Yaque, in Santiago; La Peña Pontón (Obras de Toma), in Duarte; Arroyo Blanco-El Guanal, in Santiago Rodríguez and Jicomé, in Valverde. Also affected were the aqueducts of Azua and Baní (extension La Gina in Peravia, La Descubierta, Bartolomé, Guayabal in Independencia, and Villa Jaragua in Bahoruco.
Communities aware of river floods
The COE recommends following the guidelines of civil protection agencies as well as maintaining contact with the Civil Defense, Armed Forces, Red Cross, National Police, Fire Departments. He urged residents in high-risk areas near rivers, streams and canyons to watch out and take precautionary measures for possible floods and flash floods in the event of downpours.
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/09/12/irma-afecto-casi-mil-viviendas-siguen-fuera-28-acueductos/