This thread is for preps, observations for those in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos.
Be safe everyone! Hopefully she will stay as disorganized as she is!
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Re: HANNA Preparations and Observations Turks & Caicos & Bahamas
Good morning everyone,
Tucked away safely in our new villa which is located inland on a canal. Weather conditions deteriorated immensely last night and we are getting hammered with heavy winds & rain. Periods of thunder & lightning.
Schools closed on this the "first day of school" which I am sure is delighting the children a lot.
Thoughts & prayers to everyone in the path of any of these storms.
Gretchen
Tucked away safely in our new villa which is located inland on a canal. Weather conditions deteriorated immensely last night and we are getting hammered with heavy winds & rain. Periods of thunder & lightning.
Schools closed on this the "first day of school" which I am sure is delighting the children a lot.
Thoughts & prayers to everyone in the path of any of these storms.
Gretchen
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Re: HANNA Preparations and Observations Turks & Caicos & Bahamas
Well I feel silly, I didn't realize this post already exist, and I just made 1 
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Re: HANNA Preparations and Obs Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, Haiti
Conditions here in the N. Dom Rep are much worse than yesterday.
Yesterday was all dense overcast and wind gusts with no rains.
Today.. gusty winds with moderate rain, all thanks to the shear pushing everything south.
Yesterday was all dense overcast and wind gusts with no rains.
Today.. gusty winds with moderate rain, all thanks to the shear pushing everything south.
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Re: HANNA Preparations and Obs Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, Haiti
This is awful. But since 7am been looking at satellite and afraid of this. 
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Re: HANNA Preparations and Obs Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, Haiti
Just got back power after losing it yesterday at 2PM. Island is flooded in many areas. Salt Cay we have heard is completely under water and there is no power nor has there been any communication from them.
Boats run aground and loose from their moorings.
Airport is closed.....that is under water as is many parts of the Island. Shelters open, but not many people at them from what we have heard.
I am with Red Cross and Disaster Management here......we are not yet going out due to such bad conditions here.
Everyone nervous about these next two storms and folks trying to fly out on Friday IF they can get out.
Packing up what we need to evacuate if and when we need to.
Will report when we have power.
BeSafe everyone.
Boats run aground and loose from their moorings.
Airport is closed.....that is under water as is many parts of the Island. Shelters open, but not many people at them from what we have heard.
I am with Red Cross and Disaster Management here......we are not yet going out due to such bad conditions here.
Everyone nervous about these next two storms and folks trying to fly out on Friday IF they can get out.
Packing up what we need to evacuate if and when we need to.
Will report when we have power.
BeSafe everyone.
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Re: HANNA Preparations and Obs Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, Haiti
greels wrote:Just got back power after losing it yesterday at 2PM. Island is flooded in many areas. Salt Cay we have heard is completely under water and there is no power nor has there been any communication from them.
Boats run aground and loose from their moorings.
Airport is closed.....that is under water as is many parts of the Island. Shelters open, but not many people at them from what we have heard.
I am with Red Cross and Disaster Management here......we are not yet going out due to such bad conditions here.
Everyone nervous about these next two storms and folks trying to fly out on Friday IF they can get out.
Packing up what we need to evacuate if and when we need to.
Will report when we have power.
BeSafe everyone.
thanks for reporting in. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you there. Stay safe!
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Re: HANNA Preparations and Obs Turks & Caicos, Bahamas, Haiti
Yeah, THANKS for letting us know. Have really been wondering how bad it was there. Glad you are OK!!! 
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Re: HANNA Preps and Obs T&C, Bahamas, Hispaniola, SE US
Eyewitness: Haiti's storm ordeals
Haiti has been battered by a second tropical storm, less than a week after Hurricane Gustav killed more than 70 people there.
Hurricane Hanna caused widespread flooding overnight on Monday in northern parts of Haiti, where police say at least 10 people were killed in the town of Gonaives.
Harold Paul, Christian Aid's representative in the Caribbean nation, has been organising the charity's relief effort.
After Hurricane Gustav hit last Tuesday the soil became saturated, so it only takes a few inches more water to cause widespread flooding.
It has been raining all night again and I have been up since 4am listening to the radio and trying to contact our partners in the field.
Hanna was not expected to strike Haiti, so people had no warning to evacuate. By the time the danger was clear, it was too late to flee
We were planning to visit one of our partners on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince to assess the damage of Gustav, but because of the driving rain from Hurricane Hanna, which has just hit, the roads are impassable.
I was held up for hours this morning on the way to the office while government workers cleared trees that had fallen onto the road in the night.
It is only a week since Gustav hit and we are still recovering. Now we are deep into another emergency which could well be a lot more serious.
'No way in or out'
So far, 76 people have been killed by Gustav. But I expect the death toll from Hanna to be well into the hundreds.
We are getting reports that people are stranded on their roofs in Gonaives in north-west Haiti, as Hanna caused three metres worth of flooding in a matter of hours.
Hanna was not expected to strike Haiti, so people had no warning to evacuate. By the time the danger was clear, it was too late to flee.
As we speak, the government is negotiating with Minustah, the United Nations force, to provide helicopters to airlift people to safety.
There is no way in or out of Gonaives except by air, and people cannot survive on their roofs for very long. Luckily, the cell phones are still working as that is the only way we can contact people in the north.
Gonaives lies at sea level, so it is very vulnerable to water surges. People say you can no longer see the seashore as most of the city has been submerged.
Mudslide risk
In 2004, more than 3,000 people were killed in and around Gonaives, when Tropical Storm Jeanne struck.
Those who could tried to swim towards a building high enough to provide refuge until rescuers could reach them. But there are very few high buildings in the city, most are only one storey.
At the moment, I'm worried that the waters will rise even further in Gonaives in the near future because there are three rivers which converge near the city.
If they burst their banks, which is likely, even more water will pour into the valley.
Haiti is particularly vulnerable to mudslides which can bury whole communities.
Ninety-eight percent of the forests in Haiti have been cut down, leaving little natural defence against mudslides.
Cutting down trees to make charcoal to sell for fuel is the last resort for many rural Haitians who have no other income between harvests.
The area around Gonaives is one of the poorest in Haiti, which is itself the poorest country in the western hemisphere, ranking behind several African countries in the UN Human Development Index.
All over the country there are people living in flimsy structures perched on hillsides.
The poorest are forced to set up home in areas which they know are vulnerable because they cannot afford to live in a safer area.
In Port-au-Prince, Christian Aid partners have already begun packaging emergency aid in the form of water purification tablets and medicines.
In the coming days, they will be assessing how best to respond in Gonaives.
Haiti has been battered by a second tropical storm, less than a week after Hurricane Gustav killed more than 70 people there.
Hurricane Hanna caused widespread flooding overnight on Monday in northern parts of Haiti, where police say at least 10 people were killed in the town of Gonaives.
Harold Paul, Christian Aid's representative in the Caribbean nation, has been organising the charity's relief effort.
After Hurricane Gustav hit last Tuesday the soil became saturated, so it only takes a few inches more water to cause widespread flooding.
It has been raining all night again and I have been up since 4am listening to the radio and trying to contact our partners in the field.
Hanna was not expected to strike Haiti, so people had no warning to evacuate. By the time the danger was clear, it was too late to flee
We were planning to visit one of our partners on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince to assess the damage of Gustav, but because of the driving rain from Hurricane Hanna, which has just hit, the roads are impassable.
I was held up for hours this morning on the way to the office while government workers cleared trees that had fallen onto the road in the night.
It is only a week since Gustav hit and we are still recovering. Now we are deep into another emergency which could well be a lot more serious.
'No way in or out'
So far, 76 people have been killed by Gustav. But I expect the death toll from Hanna to be well into the hundreds.
We are getting reports that people are stranded on their roofs in Gonaives in north-west Haiti, as Hanna caused three metres worth of flooding in a matter of hours.
Hanna was not expected to strike Haiti, so people had no warning to evacuate. By the time the danger was clear, it was too late to flee.
As we speak, the government is negotiating with Minustah, the United Nations force, to provide helicopters to airlift people to safety.
There is no way in or out of Gonaives except by air, and people cannot survive on their roofs for very long. Luckily, the cell phones are still working as that is the only way we can contact people in the north.
Gonaives lies at sea level, so it is very vulnerable to water surges. People say you can no longer see the seashore as most of the city has been submerged.
Mudslide risk
In 2004, more than 3,000 people were killed in and around Gonaives, when Tropical Storm Jeanne struck.
Those who could tried to swim towards a building high enough to provide refuge until rescuers could reach them. But there are very few high buildings in the city, most are only one storey.
At the moment, I'm worried that the waters will rise even further in Gonaives in the near future because there are three rivers which converge near the city.
If they burst their banks, which is likely, even more water will pour into the valley.
Haiti is particularly vulnerable to mudslides which can bury whole communities.
Ninety-eight percent of the forests in Haiti have been cut down, leaving little natural defence against mudslides.
Cutting down trees to make charcoal to sell for fuel is the last resort for many rural Haitians who have no other income between harvests.
The area around Gonaives is one of the poorest in Haiti, which is itself the poorest country in the western hemisphere, ranking behind several African countries in the UN Human Development Index.
All over the country there are people living in flimsy structures perched on hillsides.
The poorest are forced to set up home in areas which they know are vulnerable because they cannot afford to live in a safer area.
In Port-au-Prince, Christian Aid partners have already begun packaging emergency aid in the form of water purification tablets and medicines.
In the coming days, they will be assessing how best to respond in Gonaives.
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Re: HANNA Preps and Obs T&C, Bahamas, Hispaniola, SE US
Hanna forces Fla. into another state of emergency
4 hours ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has issued a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Hanna looms.
Hanna is the third storm to threaten Florida in three weeks, and the fourth hurricane of the season. It was forecast to move into the southeastern and central Bahamas Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hanna was a hurricane Monday, but had weakened back to a tropical storm Tuesday.
Crist says Florida should be ready for flash floods and winds up to 111 mph.
However, there is no certainty Hanna will hit Florida. Current forecasts show it could also make landfall in coastal Georgia, the Carolinas or elsewhere.
The emergency declaration allows the state to more easily mobilize employees, law enforcement personnel and other resources.
4 hours ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has issued a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Hanna looms.
Hanna is the third storm to threaten Florida in three weeks, and the fourth hurricane of the season. It was forecast to move into the southeastern and central Bahamas Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hanna was a hurricane Monday, but had weakened back to a tropical storm Tuesday.
Crist says Florida should be ready for flash floods and winds up to 111 mph.
However, there is no certainty Hanna will hit Florida. Current forecasts show it could also make landfall in coastal Georgia, the Carolinas or elsewhere.
The emergency declaration allows the state to more easily mobilize employees, law enforcement personnel and other resources.
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HURAKAN wrote:The NE Caribbean is the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. The NW Caribbean is Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Bahamas.
(I have never heard Hispaniola referred to as being in the NW Caribbean, only central.) Not sure why above comment is here, but since Hanna drifted southeastward, and better than making a whole new thread for "NE Caribbean" just to discuss Puerto Rico, I hope this post is allowed!
Here's what our radar has looked like almost all day, and quite a bit of yesterday, bands moving from south to north:
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Re: ATL Tropical Storm HANNA - Prep/Obs NW Caribbean SE US
Yes,we are being inundated here by the tail of Hanna since early this morning.Between 5-7 inches haved fallen already as of 3 PM EDT.The lakes are full after being going down bigtime.I will report more later.
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Luis and Gretchen
we are thinking of you. Please stay safe and high and dry.
Barbara
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we are thinking of you. Please stay safe and high and dry.
Barbara
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