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SELES

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Re: Reviving the Dominica Discussion [Re: SELES]
#106786 - 08/23/07 05:33 PM

Answering my own post for whoever is interested.

Dominica took a mild hit (Cat.1-2) from Hurricane Dean with 5 days of preparedness. The Island faired well, but crops are gone and leaves of most trees/plants, etc are gone. Agriculture which is major there is almost 100% gone. Roads are in disrepair afterwards and communication is basic. Elec. is back as other infrastructure, but all is damaged severely from a mild Hurricane.

Then on top of this a 4.2 earthquake happened off the coast of Dominica and affected a great deal. Mudslides and lots of rain caused rivers to overflow and flooding, etc. Two deaths caused by mudslides, a young mother and her daughter. Bless them.

Dominica will recover but interestingly it is evident that a Catastrophic H (Cat 4 or 5) would devastate this or any Island in the Caribbean, particularly the infrastructure. It will take time to recover, but in 3 months after the growth is back the Hurricane effects will only be a memory.

Ric

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