Taigüey Foundation "Hurricane Gustav came - and went without much damage (chronic)

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Hurricane Gustav came - and went without much damage (chronic)

August 25, 2008

Wednesday 27, 9 AM: return to normal. Follow the weather cloudy and very humid, but finally, in this area, any lost human, very little damage, some bananas lying ...... Tuesday, August 26 5 PM .... Rain subsided, and the light came on center reopened, some water inside, but little else, the satellite antenna did not move, we have sign ~! ~ Tuesday August 26 ... 9:00 a.m., bloguiando from Barahona as disconnected everything in downtown Guanaba.net. Lots of rain, moderate breeze. The angry sea .... prepared to see that coming today .. 7:15 PM on Monday, August 25, 2008: AS POSSIBLE!! This here a young civil defense ask us latest information about the storm, and that says ONAMET web? and look ONAMET:!! http://onamet.gov.do/ : Bandwidth Limit Exceeded The server is temporarily: unable to service your request due to the site owner Reaching his / her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.onamet.gov.do Port 80 .. And do not think that in emergency situations around the world connects to check your information ... lack of vision, foresight or not? amazing! it's like when your partner has an attack, emergency call and you get the recorder. ...

5:20 PM on Monday, August 25, 2008: I feel the breeze in the Cienaga hurracandas of Gustav, there is still electricity (rare) and the satellite link still works (even rarer)! The Civil Defense early and been active since we are following bulletins Guanaba.net COE and the NHC in Miami. All are waiting .... from the phenomenon happens here informed about what happened in the community of Cienaga, Barahona province.

KNHC 252055 000 WTCA42 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC / NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008 500 PM AST MON AUG 25 2008 ... GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST SPANISH ... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM BARAHONA WESTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF HAITI ... AND FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND PORT AU PRINCE WESTWARD. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH FOR HAITI FROM NORTH OF PORT TO THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA ... GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. AT 5 PM EDT ... 2100UTC ... THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS CHANGED THE HURRICANE WARNING EAST TO BARAHONA TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EAST TO BAROHONA TO SANTO DOMINGO. FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA ... INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ... PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER. AT 500 PM EDT ... 2100Z ... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH ... LONGITUDE 71.0 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES ... 290 KM ... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH ... 22 KM / HR...Y EXPECT A GRADUAL DECREASE IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK ... THE CENTER WILL MOVE NEAR OR GASTAV HAITI ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH ... 95 KM PER HOUR ... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND GUSTAV COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE MOVING TO EARTH. FORCE WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES ... 85 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB ... 29.41 INCHES. GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AUMULACIONES 5 TO 7 INCHES OVER THE SPANISH ... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 25 INCHES. HEAVY RAINS COULD PRODUCE THESE FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES LIFE THREATENING. REPEATING THE POSITION AT 500 PM AST ... 16.3 71.0 NORTH ... WEST. MOVEMENT TOWARD ... WEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ... 996 MILLIBARS. ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM EDT. $ $ FORECASTER PASCH