Los Cacicazgos, Santo Domingo 13:40 Saturday
Still very heavy showers here most of the morning. Not too much wind now though. I feared to lose the 50-foot Japanese Fir tree in my front yard overnight but it's still safe.
Not the same can be said for the big ficus right across the street. That came down during the early hours of the morning - torn right out of the sidewalk uprooting the concrete path into a small mountain for a couple of yards each side. The fallen tree now completely blocking the street and my gateway so I can't drive out. Brought down some overhead cables but fortunately not my power or phone lines, looks like TV cable but I don't have cable TV so that's OK with me.
I just went out earlier this morning with a machete to hack away some of the foliage so I wouldn't have to climb through the branches to walk over to the colmado on the corner.
The ladies in the salon across the street (the tree was right outside their door) reported it to the municipality early this morning, but so far it's still there. Some enterprising neighbours have tried to chop off a few branches to clear a path but they gave up when they got too wet from the rain.
Well I wasn't planning to travel anywhere today, just as well. I guess the city lumberjacks are either on holiday or have too much to do on more major streets, so our quite little side street is going to be traffic free for the duration - small mercies.
Still very heavy showers here most of the morning. Not too much wind now though. I feared to lose the 50-foot Japanese Fir tree in my front yard overnight but it's still safe.
Not the same can be said for the big ficus right across the street. That came down during the early hours of the morning - torn right out of the sidewalk uprooting the concrete path into a small mountain for a couple of yards each side. The fallen tree now completely blocking the street and my gateway so I can't drive out. Brought down some overhead cables but fortunately not my power or phone lines, looks like TV cable but I don't have cable TV so that's OK with me.
I just went out earlier this morning with a machete to hack away some of the foliage so I wouldn't have to climb through the branches to walk over to the colmado on the corner.
The ladies in the salon across the street (the tree was right outside their door) reported it to the municipality early this morning, but so far it's still there. Some enterprising neighbours have tried to chop off a few branches to clear a path but they gave up when they got too wet from the rain.
Well I wasn't planning to travel anywhere today, just as well. I guess the city lumberjacks are either on holiday or have too much to do on more major streets, so our quite little side street is going to be traffic free for the duration - small mercies.
