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chaos in puerto plata

it's been raining a lot this week on the north coast. and when i say a lot, i'm talking cats and dogs. it hasn't rained this much since ernesto passed through back in august.

i got a call about an hour ago from a girl who teaches in santiago. a group of teachers are heading to cabarete, but are stuck in puerto plata. they wanted to see if i know what's going on. i had to tell them that all i know is that it's raining.

then about half an hour ago, jennie called to see if camille and i were at the house. despite our very active social live here in the DR, we decided to stay in this friday night. jennie went on to inform me that there is mass chaos in PP right now because of the rain. i know i've mentioned rain before, and how it can pretty much stop everything here. but what i didn't know is that PP is in a hole, so when it rains this much, it inevitably floods. and the DR isn't really known for it's run-off/drainage system, so the water has nowhere to go.

so the reason this group of teachers is having problems is because PP is impassable and traffic is backed up for miles. there are literally people drowning out there, and the town, as i have said, is in chaos.

this is one time i'm glad i don't have an active social life that would have taken me out on the town tonight. and i now have an even better understanding of why dominicans don't like to go out in the rain.

posted by Alexia & Jeffrey @ 8:56 PM