Hurricane Dean

[Apos]

yes, gladiator, "could be" but doesn't ever seem to be...and THAT'S probably the whole point.

any damage in the Sosua area is historically and relatively very light compared to Haiti and other parts of the DR.

[Rocky]

Anyway, my point was that your statement that ‘Sosua and surrounding areas never get hit by hurricanes’ is not true.

Care to back up those words with proof of a recent hurricane?

Let me refresh your memory a bit, read this advisory at the time for Jeanne (2004):

Let me refresh your memory a bit.
I spoke about hurricanes, and you are talking about a tropical storm.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004...ic_a.012.shtml

Do you see the sentence ‘A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM PUERTO PLATA TO ISLA SAONA’?

A hurricane warning, is just that.
A warning.
As you well know, Jeanne was a tropical storm when it came through here.
There is a difference, you know.

Sosua was included in the hurricane warning area according to the NHC, and do you know why? Because Sosua can also be hit by hurricanes, in the same way as any other town on the island.

It may happen one day, and it may have even happened once in the past.
I have never seen one nor heard have one.
Have you?

[Rocky]

I don't think there's anyone here that thinks Dean will hit DR. Most posts that i'm reading state it will pass to the south of the island. This is just a thread about a Hurricane that will pass close to OUR home so it interests some of us!!

Just trying to get the right info out.
There were a few post ealier on in this thread showing concern of a direct hit, crossing the mountains etc.
Some people might change their travel plans for nothing, if they thought there was a danger to our area, so it needed to be cleared up.

[Rocky]

For those who are interested, after searching Google for any documented huricane having ever hit Sosua, so far, the only thing I have found is on this website,
http://www.sherburneassociates.com/rental.htm

The North Central Coast has never had a hurricane hit it directly.

but I will keep on searching and report if I find one.

http://www.caribholiday.net/FAQ%20Body.htm

However, the north coast of the Dominican Republic has not had major damage from a hurricane in the last 100 years so chances are you don't have to be concerned.

[KoKi9290]

Rocky
Are you guys seeing any feeder bands yet? The satellite imagery shows them starting to come thru but you can't always gauge their intensity.

[Don Tomas]

Then they need to evacuate Galveston now!!!!!!!

I am not saying the past dictates the future but no hurricane on the current path has ever hit the US. Now maybe exacuating coastal areas in Mexico would be a better idea.

[Rocky]

Rocky
Are you guys seeing any feeder bands yet? The satellite imagery shows them starting to come thru but you can't always gauge their intensity.

If you're a DR1 member, you could pose that question to Chris.
She's an expert on these matters.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/weather-be...tml#post549219

[KoKi9290]

Nothing technical. Feeder bands are just lines of thunderstorms with short term high winds that roll thru in a line pattern. The imagery shows them just reaching you guys. Sometimes they're torrential and sometimes just windy.

[Rocky]

Nothing technical. Feeder bands are just lines of thunderstorms with short term high winds that roll thru in a line pattern. The imagery shows them just reaching you guys. Sometimes they're torrential and sometimes just windy.

Well it's sunny with a normal breeze where I am, if that helps answer your question.

[Gladiator]

Care to back up those words with proof of a recent hurricane?

I think it is actually you who should show us some scientific article supporting your false statement: ‘Sosua and surrounding areas never get hit by hurricanes’.

I’ve already shown an advisory from the NHC as an example that, contrary to what you said, Sosua can be hit by hurricanes.

[Rocky]

I think it is actually you who should show us some scientific article supporting your false statement: ‘Sosua and surrounding areas never get hit by hurricanes’.

I’ve already shown an advisory from the NHC as an example that, contrary to what you said, Sosua can be hit by hurricanes.

Is English your native tongue?
Let me explain to you that there is a big difference from someone saying it CAN be hit, and actually having been hit.
I have offered proof already.
Where's yours?
The only thing we know for sure, is that I proved you wrong about Jeanne.

[Rocky]

Is English your native tongue?
Let me explain to you that there is a big difference from someone saying it CAN be hit, and actually having been hit.
I have offered proof already.
Where's yours?
The only thing we know for sure, is that I proved you wrong about Jeanne.

PS: You can be hung by your toes from a cherry tree, but this does not mean you ever have been.

[Gladiator]

Is English your native tongue?
Let me explain to you that there is a big difference from someone saying it CAN be hit, and actually having been hit.

So you actually meant ‘I’ve never seen a hurricane in Sosua’, well that’s quite different from what your original statement implied – thanks for correcting yourself and clarifying what you meant.

On a different note, let’s not forget that tropical storms can fuck up your holiday in the same way as a hurricane: several days of mongering activities suspended.

[Rocky]

So you actually meant ‘I’ve never seen a hurricane in Sosua’, well that’s quite different from what your original statement implied – thanks for correcting yourself and clarifying what you meant.

Don't even pretend to know what I mean when I say something.
You're not even bright enough to put forth a valid argument, let alone read between the lines of what I say.
I meant exactly what I said and I said what I meant.
We dont get hit by hurricanes here in Sosua and surrounding areas.
You got a beef with that?
Prove me wrong.
But bring your IQ with you this time, because you didn't fair too well last time.

[psriches]

Still forecast to pass south of the island.

[Apos]

i don't recall, no do i find, that Rocky said that Sosua couldn't get hit by a hurricane, just that it never has.

while never is a long time i still don't see any proof to the contrary...
just a bunch of the old "baffle them with bullshit" from the naysayer(s).

also safe to assume that any reasonable person reading "never hit by a hurricane"
would realize that that may also imply never in the posters experience.

although i still don't see anyone showing when Sosua has been hit by a hurricane...anyone?

[Rocky]

Still forecast to pass south of the island.

Someone on DR1 mentioned a rumour that Dean was taking a slight turn to the North, which it appears to be doing now,
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/carb/loop-wv.html
but unless it changes radically, I can't see that it would cross an DR territory, but it may touch onto Haiti.

[Gladiator]

Don't even pretend to know what I mean when I say something.
You're not even bright enough to put forth a valid argument, let alone read between the lines of what I say.
I meant exactly what I said and I said what I meant.
We dont get hit by hurricanes here in Sosua and surrounding areas.
You got a beef with that?
Prove me wrong.
But bring your IQ with you this time, because you didn't fair too well last time.

If you had my IQ you wouldn’t be locked cooking meals in a kitchen in a developing country, you would have done better in life, that's for sure.

[Apos]

or by your balls ...now where is that pic again?

PS: You can be hung by your toes from a cherry tree, but this does not mean you ever have been.

not the one i was looking for but...ouch

[Apos]

oh my...and i suppose you have a bigger DICK too!

If you had my IQ you wouldn’t be locked cooking meals in a kitchen in a developing country, you would have done better in life, that's for sure.