hispaniola

Florida_brit · #1 Postby **Florida_brit** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:16 am

I keep hearing a "hurricane never survives going through hispaniola" - but where is it..? Is it a group of islands or part of the sea in the Caribbean?

Had a look at various maps and can't seem to find reference to it.

Apologise to this rather basic and perhaps obvious question!

dennis1x1 · #2 Postby **dennis1x1** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:18 am

east of haiti i think..but my extent of geography knowledge is limited to hurricane watching .

southerngale · #3 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:19 am

Hispaniola is at the end of the cone here:

#4 Postby **SootyTern** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:22 am

Hispaniola is the name of the island shared by the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

dennis1x1 · #5 Postby **dennis1x1** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:22 am

and haiti is connected right?

all i know is anything going over that blob of land gets ripped to shreds.

southerngale · #6 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:23 am

I just found a detailed map for you. This could come in handy for other storms as well.

Here's the link to bookmark: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/coun ... ribnew.gif

Florida_brit · #7 Postby **Florida_brit** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:24 am

Dennis1x1 guess you are talking in generalisations (never say never!)! " all i know is anything going over that blob of land gets ripped to shreds"

Yes I have heard that? My knowledge of the area is very poor. Is it because of the gulf stream/gulf of mexico currentls? Mountains? Just wondering why.

So I guess it is a area part of the Caribbean including Hati.

Thanks for your help!

dennis1x1 · #8 Postby **dennis1x1** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:29 am

big huge mountains....the forecast reallly pays respect to the landmass bringing him from 130 to 80 kts during the short period he is projected to be over land there.

Thunder44 · #9 Postby **Thunder44** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:39 am

Hispanola is th big island in the carribean that includes the countries of Haiti and the Domincan Republic.

BlizzardNole · #10 Postby **BlizzardNole** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:34 am

Hispaniola is HUGE...(Compare it to Puerto Rico to its east which is 100 miles by 30 miles)...and it has numerous 10,000-plus foot mountains. It will chew any hurricane up and spit it out, and the cane will never recover.

BUT -- Haiti and DR are the poorest most destitute countries in the Caribbean, and are heavily populated. Many of the people live in shacks and have no protection at all. A direct hit with 150-mph winds could cause a death toll in the thousands.

caribepr · #11 Postby **caribepr** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:10 am

Fantastic map, Southerngale, one of the absolutely most detailed for the island chains etc. I've seen yet. Thanks.

AussieMark · #12 Postby **AussieMark** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:15 am

BlizzardNole wrote:Hispaniola is HUGE...(Compare it to Puerto Rico to its east which is 100 miles by 30 miles)...and it has numerous 10,000-plus foot mountains. It will chew any hurricane up and spit it out, and the cane will never recover.

BUT -- Haiti and DR are the poorest most destitute countries in the Caribbean, and are heavily populated. Many of the people live in shacks and have no protection at all. A direct hit with 150-mph winds could cause a death toll in the thousands.

in 1998 Georges hit around Santo Domingo.

380 were killed across Dominican Republic

209 were killed in Haiti.

thats 589 combined

Winds were 120 mph (Categoey 3)

Georges was over Hispaniola for 21 hours.

Imagine what Ivan would do with his projected 150 mph winds.

#13 Postby **msbee** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:47 am

you guys are funny!
need to brush up on your geography I think :rofl:

great map southerngale

Website · #14 Postby **Brent** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:56 am

A weak system or weak hurricane won't survive Hispanola. The tall mountains disrupt the circulation. A Cat 3 or stronger would survive, but would weaken quite a bit, probably losing 2 categories if it moves quickly and doesn't stall.

frankthetank · #15 Postby **frankthetank** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:04 am

just for you...a topo type map of hispaniola and some of cuba...see the mtns.....

southerngale · #16 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:26 pm

Thanks...I thought it might come in handy!

destro34 · #17 Postby **destro34** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:45 pm

hi there Iam from the Dominican Republic,(hispaniola),hispaniola means little spain ,and that name was given by christipher colombus 1492.

it is not the poorest part of the caribean. la Hispaniola is divided into to main country : Haiti with 5.2 million people. Dominican Republic 8.5 million people wich main economic is tourism ...

we have the lasgest chain of beach resort in america,but we are very well known as baseball players (pedro martinez,alex rodriguez)... now we are the capital of tourism.

when hurricane david affected the island(1979), the govermnet forced almost everyone to build their house in cements,it is not true, that most of the island is not prepared. (house are checked every years by the office gov.of each provinces(32 in total).

i live in miami now, and i go every month to the islands right now we have 350,000 tourist(canadian,americans,and europeans) in the different beach resort, Domincan republic will remind you the center of miami,but most of the people work on the free-zone and tourism. we ship suggar,chocolate!! to the usa and canada.(banana and all kind of tropical fruits...ect) ..

if you need more info go to : http://www.puntacana.com

but is not the poorest island,no way amigos plus 45 % of the people are american citizens or resident

new york 2.5 million dominicans

border with haiti = to 350 km. protected by the usa marine force in the domincan side and french troops in the hatians side.

southerngale · #18 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:47 pm

Thanks for all the info destro.

Burn1 · #19 Postby **Burn1** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:56 pm

The Dominican Republic is home to the highest peak in the caribbean.
Pico Duarte is just over 10,000 feet. Below freezing temps and snow
have been reported at the top during the winter months. It is a quick departure from balmy tropical weather. This peak plays a huge roll
when a tropical system tries to travers Hispanola and will most certainly tear up a system. However, a lot has to do with what angle the system will cross. If it is where current tracks show it, SW portion of island,
hinderance on system would not be as extreme

hispaniola - where is it?

hispaniola - where is it?

Pico Duarte

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