The internet service at the hotel here is spotty at best, so this is a quick post, something I actually wrote out in advance yesterday.
Unbelievably, a tropical storm has formed just off the northern coast of Puerto Rico and is heading our way. The center of the system is supposed to pass through Santo Domingo tonight and tomorrow, and we’re supposed to get around 4 to 6 inches of rain, with a possibility of 10 inches locally. “Olga,” apparently, is not abiding by protocol, since the hurricane season officially ended on November 30th. Thus, her visit is spur-of-the-moment and off-the-cuff, but she’s still packing a bit of a wallop. A tropical storm warning has been posted for the northern coast of Hispaniola and a watch has been posted for our southern locale. In fact, computer models are predicting that the center of the system will pass through Santo Domingo, more or less, tonight and tomorrow. So far today, we’ve had about 1 1/2 to 2 inches of rain this afternoon, and it is coming down heavily again now (10 p.m.) The wind is picking up, too, perhaps around 30 mph.
I took a stroll along the Malecon earlier this afternoon to see what the sea was up to, and it was very calm, flat like a full bathtub before the kids climb in. It didn’t seem to want to have anything to do with Olga, spurning her after-season advances. I suppose tomorrow will be more interesting, but I hope that the predicted amount of rain doesn’t result in more hardship for Dominicans and Haitians still recovering from the effects of Noel.
Now back to present time, it’s raining cats and dogs and we had a LOT of rain last night, too. I’d guess we’re going to reach the 6 inch mark rather easily. I just hope the people in other areas of the country aren’t getting severely impacted by this. More later.
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