Hurricane Dean reports - Dominican Republic - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Forum, Reviews and Chat From Real Cruisers

canarymoon · 08-19-2007, 12:03 PM

This thread is for reports on the effects of Hurricane Dean in the Dominican Republic.

canarymoon · 08-19-2007, 12:05 PM

A first-hand report from www.stormcarib.com

Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:19:22 -0400

Sad to report this, but Dean has made it first victim on the Dominican Republic. I'm not sure whether is about a Dominican or Haitian or else, but at least El Caribe media reports is a 16 years old Haitian that recklessly got close to the shore and got beat by the high tides and the rocky coast.

Authorities are warning against the folly attitude of tourists and residents not to get close to the coast, but the amazing waves are just attracting people like a Medusa to its victims.

Lets hope no more victims occur.

As for the weather, nothing have changed from my last report.

canarymoon · 08-19-2007, 12:07 PM

Link for some Hurricane Dean photos from the Dominican Republic:

http://www.dunhill.ws/avk/dean/index.html

canarymoon · 08-19-2007, 02:43 PM

From Fox News:

In Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, a boy was pulled into the ocean and drowned while watching waves kicked up by the Category 4 storm strike an oceanfront boulevard, the emergency operations center reported. The rough waves also destroyed five houses and damaged 15 along the Dominican coast, emergency officials said.