While all the attention is now focusing on the monstrous Hurricane Floyd, residents and travelers to the DR should closely monitor Hurricane Gert, the seventh hurricane to enter the Atlantic Basin. "Some of our models put Gert in the same position (as Floyd) five or six days from now," National Hurricane Center Director Jerry Jarrell is quoted saying in the Weather Channel web page. While forecasters show it may well follow in the tracks of Floyd, and pass north of the DR, its north western track puts in on a course that could threaten the island. Hurricane Gert is still several days away from the DR. See the tracking charts and explanations available at: http://www.intellicast.com/Tropical/World/UnitedStates/HurTrack2/ http://www.usatoday.com/weather/huricane/images/atlantic_track_gert.htm
