Hurricane Season 2011

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Olly

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Heavy rain again with wind from S. Intermittent power spikes and outages.

Kelu you can always use the DISLIKE button for posters you dont like or their posts.

I was at Iberostar Hotel in Costa Dorada when Emily came through.( About 2 weeks ago) A bit windy but there were no problems on the sandy beach or at the hotel!!
I have just been down to Playa Alicia in Sosua and it was fine - still there after the pounding from Irene. I walked the beach path to Perla Marina this morning and the beaches are fine - a little less sand than before as most of the sand got moved by the giant surf. Some leaf litter and some branches down on the beach path but other than that no problem.

The Teleferico is often stopped during high winds but I have not heard of any damage there although a wind speed of 93 MPH was recorded in Puerto Plata during Irene.

We are just getting the tail end now but it is moving past!

The weather next week will be fine as there is nothing in the pipeline for at least 12 days and some of those will go north. 90 L is the one to watch but it is too early to predict what it will do or become. It seems unlikely to affect the DR .

HTH

OLLY
 
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william webster

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I am surpirised how slowly these things move.

The common thought is that they swoop in and swoop out in a flash.... like a hurricane !!!

Is Irene abnormal in that regard? That she is hanging on for so long ?
And that the afermath is so severe?
 
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Olly said:
Sosua Cabarete,

I have just been down to Playa Alicia in Sosua and it was fine - still there after the pounding from Irene. I walked the beach path to Perla Marina this morning and the beaches are fine - a little less sand than before as most of the sand got moved by the giant surf. Some leaf litter and some branches down on the beach path but other than that no problem.


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Nice walk! There was actually a tree down at Natura Cabana (where i work) but it apparently came down yesterday morning even before the strong gusts in the afternoon! Another big tree fell at the entrance to PM at the calle principal.

The beach was very minimal even before Irene but is now non-existant. Hopefully it will be back next month.
 
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So once again we got away with it lightly here on the North coast but I bet Sir Richard Branson is very pixxed off today as his luxurious home on his private island, Necker Island, burnt down last night after being struck by lightning from Hurricane Irene....oh, and Kate Winslet was staying there at the time!
Richard Branson 'ran naked to rescue Kate Winslet and his mother from Necker Island fire' | Mail Online
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Should have staid in his nice penthouse in Cabarete, much safer :)
 
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william webster said:
I am surpirised how slowly these things move.

The common thought is that they swoop in and swoop out in a flash.... like a hurricane !!!

Is Irene abnormal in that regard? That she is hanging on for so long ?
And that the afermath is so severe?
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Irene been fast for a big Storm, sometimes the Monsters move on just 5mphr and less, they also can stand almost still for hours, that's when they take out locations completely, pouncing with windpowers for a long continuously Timeperiod.
Hurricanes do not move forward fast, they are slow moving.
take a forward speed of 5-10mphr which is the usual range for most Hurricanes, and imagine that the Storm is ghood sized and covers 800miles on Size, adds up quiet some hours to get it passed, plus the aftermath when the nasty and often dangerous Tailwinds kick in, usually gusting on almost TS Force even very far from the Center.
25 minutes ago we had an other sweep of wind and Rain here on the East, lasted justa few minutes, but the hardest Gust showed 27mphr, a day and a half after Irene moved through our Area, and there will be more tonight, before it starts to get calmer on the East.
Hurricanes are Dangerous for Wide Areas at Once because they move so slow and cover a very wide Terrain.
a Storm like Irene can bounce the Beaches of South Caolina and at the same Moment let Cars fly in the Boston Area, the opposite to the qick but small Tornadoes.

Mike
 
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Ken

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We are still waiting for the storm effects in Santo Domingo. Only light rain today.
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I would think some clouds and light rain, if that, is all Santo Domingo would get from Irene. That is about all we get on the North Coast when the storm track is in the Caribbean. Santo Domingo is too far and there are too many mountains for a storm off the north coast that is moving away from the island to bother SD.
 
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Olly

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Dolores,
Not sure you will get much more in SD - there is not much comming your way on the sat pics.

The wasn't really a sting in the tail , Mike, up here on the North Coast. 3.4" rain yesterday to 8:00 am today and 1.2" from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm - maybe some more overnight. Probably more in PC if you look at what is happenning in PR = Puerto Rico - Local Reports (Caribbean Hurricane Network)

Hope you get your boat out soon Mike so you can "pay dem bills"

OLLY
 
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Irene now expected to hit NYC (Long Island)

End of the World Scenario: Irene develops to Cat 3., goes up coast, builds huge storm surge, pushes all that water into NY Harbor, hits Brooklyn and Manhattan with 20/30 foot surge. Life ends in NYC!

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Hillbilly said:
Irene now expected to hit NYC (Long Island)

End of the World Scenario: Irene develops to Cat 3., goes up coast, builds huge storm surge, pushes all that water into NY Harbor, hits Brooklyn and Manhattan with 20/30 foot surge. Life ends in NYC!

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This ain't no joke. NY is ramping up, the mayor was bothered that the earthquake took people's minds off Irene. Currently Irene is predicted to be a Cat 3 as it passes North Carolina. Hopefully it rides up NJ coast and diminishes to a Cat. 1. If it stays 20 miles east it will enter NY harbor possibly still a Cat. 3. Lower Manhattan, near the Battery, is only 12 feet above sea level. A 12-15ft. storm surge will flood the Battery, Wall Street and possibly up to Ground Zero.
 
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Sorry Olly but that wind speed you reported in Puerto Plata was 93 km per hour, not 93 mph.
 
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belmont said:
This ain't no joke. NY is ramping up, the mayor was bothered that the earthquake took people's minds off Irene. Currently Irene is predicted to be a Cat 3 as it passes North Carolina. Hopefully it rides up NJ coast and diminishes to a Cat. 1. If it stays 20 miles east it will enter NY harbor possibly still a Cat. 3. Lower Manhattan, near the Battery, is only 12 feet above sea level. A 12-15ft. storm surge will flood the Battery, Wall Street and possibly up to Ground Zero.
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Since I live on a tiny barrier island off the NJ mainland, I hope your wish doesn't come true..... Where our house is the island is only 4 short blocks wide. We've only evacuated once, years ago for Hurricane Gloria. Hoping we don't have to do that again...

AE
 
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Olly

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Alexdr - Thanks for the correction - thought it was a bit high compared to here!
93 km per hours in Irene !!!!

OLLY
 
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