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Heard all of Puerto Rico is without power and will continue to get rains for another 48 hours鈥�..and their saying that the hurricane has made landfall just south of PC聽 and 鈥淎ll 鈥� of the Dominican Republic will experience hurricane conditions well into tonight

All of Puerto Rico is without power as of last night and will continue to get heavy rain fall for the next 48 hours鈥�. Massive mud slides and flooding鈥︹��.. the hurricane has made land fall in the Dominican Republic just south of PC and Alll of the DR will experience hurricane conditions well into tonight 鈥�flooding remains a major concern especially by the rivers and shoreline

She is a big storm and we can expect major flooding issues through tomorrow!

Here in Las Terrenas, no power, strong winds and lots of rain! It looks like ocean waves in my pool!. The winds seems to be blowing close to due west, making me very happy that we have no windows on the east end of the house!

Good morning Denise.

Thanks for your update !

Great to hear you and Dave are alright.

Thank goodness for Solar Power and battery back ups

@Ian1272

聽 聽 Just wondering how long does the batteries last for , I was thinking of adding some and how many 1,2,3鈥�?

@Tippj

its a formula based on load. No simple answer to to question.

@planner how are you doing ?

Recent report

@Tippj

I do not have a solar system at this point. It is our desire upon purchasing a Villa in Las Terrenas to outfit the Villa with a Solar system.

From my investigating @Tippj, the length of time the batteries will provide power is based on how many batteries one has, and how much consumption/demand you draw from the batteries.

Over and above the reportings of regular power failures, times such as hurricanes and tropical storms highlight the usefulness of solar powered systems. It鈥檚 reported Puerto Rico is 100% powerless. Having a solar system to help eliminate some of the sufferings one experiences with power loss after hurricanes and tropical storms is priceless.

I wonder what percentage of solar panels on the roof, or bay, will still be there after hurricane winds?聽 Great choice when the sun shines and breezes blow, but probably down the road with hurricane winds.

Good question. We will look for answers

Here is hoping and wishing all you guys are safe and that Fiona causes minimal damage to DR and other countries. My heart goes out to PR and its people! Stay safe!

Just heard that the mountain regions in the DRmight experience landslides and road washouts do to the heavy rains鈥� and the DR could expect up to 20 inches of rain similar to聽 PR if the storm continues at this pace

Landslides would be terrible !! Does that mean some Villas built up on hills could be washed away ?

@Ian1272

please remember this very same Highwinds the damage the standard electrical system may also damage your solar panel system. I am simply providing a word of caution.

Thanks @ rfmaurone for the word to the wise. There are a couple people on here that have solar powered systems, it will be interesting to hear from them their experience once the Hurricane passes over.

I hope their systems go through this unscathed.聽 As the day after the Hurricane goes through and sunshine 馃尀 shows up again, the harnessing process starts again.

Good morning.聽 We had more rain and strong winds last night in Santo Domingo then we had all day.聽 Unreal.聽 I am still checking in with all my contacts.

What I know so far: Higuey got hammered.聽 Punta Cana is better built and seems to have far less damage. La Romana has some serious damage. Las Terrenas and Samana got hammered. Most still without power there.聽 Looks like the north coast got hit hard and most are still without electricity.

Santiago experienced a lot of rain and some heavy flooding issues.

We are still totally overcast with some rain this morning! Looks like the tail from Fiona is still over much of the country, this is from morning satellite images.

Hope that all of the forum's "usual suspects" have negotiated Fiona without too much pain.聽 Where there is damage or power outages, we pray they will soon be rectified.

I'll be especially interested to hear more details on how Punta Cana and Las Terrenas fare.聽 As you guys dig out, please share what you can.

>>聽 It would be especially helpful to hear insights on how local or DR Federal governments responded.

>>聽 Ditto for the electrical companies and other utilities.

>> How fast do the grocery stores and gas stations -- definitely critical services -- recover from damage and disruption.

But, you've other priorities first!!!聽 Get yourself safe and sound, with good water and needed food, etc.

Best to all of those impacted,

Jim

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What we have seen on social media is people coming together to help each other! It's amazing.

President delayed his trip to go view the damage first hand today.

They did declare the equivalent of states of emergency for I think 7 provinces. And immediately limit the hours of sales of alcohol in those provinces.聽 馃槒馃槒

As others effected get things re established I hope they will update us!

Survived another one!聽 A few bangs and bruises and we Just got our power and water back but skies are looking clear, no wind...it's back to paradise.聽 Time for a margarita and maybe a cigar...

Hope everyone else is well.

Cheers.

@暗网禁区Rusher Jim, I think all the questions are good. Hopefully the people in the Government will do a good job.

I just returned yesterday and survived what could have been much worse. Definitely not an easy time for many overall.

Just heard that more landslides are occurring in PR washing out roads and stranding more people int the mountain regions 鈥�. Plus 70% still with out power

Back to the DR - still thousands without power in Samana Las Terrenas area.聽 But the private electrical company there is making progress.

Today Banco popular announced a large donation to help those in need!聽 There is another large company who did similar and I cannot remember their name. Anyone else see that?

Higuey area is still suffering. The govt today announced everyone who had to leave were now back in their homes. Not sure how that is possible.

And again the govt will relocate thousands along the banks of the Rio Ozama.聽 Every comment online can be boiled down to this:. Again, really we are going to pay all this again!

I have a problem with people who are not professionals representing the status of something as serious as a developing hurricane. If you want professional guidance either the National Hurricane Center or The Weather Channel Hurricane Story are excellent sources of information on the subject.
-@snowinpalm

A lot of people don't read the news so might well be unaware of a potential danger - A thread such as this will encourage readers to find out what, if any, issues there are.

Perhaps, if I might be so bold, you might like to engage your brain before knocking someone who has a well proven track record of helping people she doesn't even know.

I just hope that some here are watching the news about the new storm developing towards the DR wear it would hit on the southern side I of the island 鈥� 90 % chance of developing according to the weather service

Some of us watch every single storm in the area! Always!

There is currently nothing of concern, but always vigilant.

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I wonder what percentage of solar panels on the roof, or bay, will still be there after hurricane winds? Great choice when the sun shines and breezes blow, but probably down the road with hurricane winds.
-@sberger50

My system survived 鈥�. And has done before

Installation is the key

I know several people who lost solar panels in Las Terrenas area.

@willieweb what can be done during installation to help ensure solar panels are safe during hurricanes please ?

I have 23 solar panels on the back of my roof and I have a solar hot water heater on the back of my garage roof.聽 For direction, they get the afternoon sun.聽 When I had my roof tile replaced, I did the solar.聽 I had concrete bridges installed directly to the concrete roof.聽 The tiles were installed around these bridges.聽 Galvanized square steel tubing (1 1/2") was used to create mounting racks and was bolted to the concrete bridges.聽 The solar panels are all mounted to these racks.聽 They have all outlasted 2 hurricanes and some tropical storms so far.聽 I guess the installation is ok.聽 It was professionally designed (by an Engineer) and installed by a reputable company.

That should give you a good starting point...

Thanks @Dominicanadamike for sharing with us how you have mounted your solar panels.聽 Seems to have done the trick outlasting 2 hurricanes !!!!

Similar system but mine is on a flat roof and secured to cement too鈥�.

and protected a bit by a small wall

Glad to hear your guys solar systems survived Fiona

Finally getting a chance to catch up post Fiona!

We had a direct hit here in LT, with the eye passing right over us. We lost solar panels, had half our large glass front door pushed in by the winds, had the ceiling in our covered terrace ripped out by the wind, and had a glass panel on another door broken by one of the drywall supports.

it鈥檚 now been over a week without power because the power company took the system offline at 3:00 am last Monday to lessen the danger of lines coming down during the storm. Our solar is not working yet, but the remaining panels were reconnected yesterday and hopefully our batteries are charging! No power means no water, so we鈥檙e lucky to have the salt water pool to get water for bathing, washing dishes and flushing the toilet. We also always keep 2 5-gallon bottles of water on hand.

The town as a whole os recovering quite well. Power was restored to some areas on Tuesday and by Wednesday, the central area of town and the hospitals and clinics all had power. The streets are full of crews cleaning up and making repairs.

@ddmcghee.聽 Sorry to hear and hope you recover quickly.聽 We had a direct hit as well but I think our home and structure are very strong and well protected so our damage was minimal thank goodness.聽 We are fine and that's all that matters.聽 We will recover and are getting ready for the next one!聽 Glad you made it through...