Are the names of the storms that have in some way affected at least the north coast of the DR.
Fay hit on the day before my family flew home and left just about as quickly as it came in.
Gustav was a bit bigger and I was apparently supposed to have stayed in my site (but I was unaware that Peace Corps had even called the "standfast" warning since I was in my site.) I saw lots of lightening and we had some rain off and on for a few days.
Hanna hit hard, and hit twice. I was in the capital for it and predicted it wouldn't be a problem again the day after it first came. But of course, it came back for another whammy. As a result of heavy rains over much of the country and the impending Ike, we were all standfasted in the capital.
Ike is coming, and I got permission to move north to Santiago to be consolidated at a safe hotel instead of being standfasted in the capital. We'll see what it brings but for right now it looks like a very strong storm that will stay pretty far north of the island.
Luckily, none of these storms has done much damage to my site (although the region just 1 town over from my town, Monti Cristi did suffer some damage.) I won't be able to see my site with my own eyes until Monday to see what Hanna and Ike brought.
I am safe and keeping positive! I'll let you know what happens!
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