We're dry now
Remember, in case you didn't know, Santiago is perched on a hill that overlooks the Yaque River. That's good and it's bad.
For those of us that live in the upper parts of town the rain forms giant puddles at the busiest intersections and in the low spots of the major roads. However, in a few hours it drains off (much too slowly) , and then it is reallly flooding the lower parts of town. (edited to add) Many years ago,A friend and collegue was drowned in his car when it flipped over under high flooding of the roadway known as the Circumvalci?n down by the Zona Franca. They were in the roadway going slowly when a BIG tractor trailer went splashing through in the other direction making a huge bow wave that flipped their little car over. He pushed her out but was caught under the car by the continuing wave action as other vehicles went by. Phucking idiotic tragedy.
We'll know tomorrow how many victims there were this time. We know of one or possibly two. I saw a lot of local flooding in low areas of some of the nicest areas....
HB