Tag: tropical storm
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Update From the Dominican Republic
Ashley called again today. We had a little more time to talk this morning (and maybe we’re better able to talk, having already processed that our daughter is in a flood in a distant country). Although the weather maps show tropical storm Noel as having moved away north and west, the orphanage is still getting…
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Tropical Storm Noel
The ringing of the telephone woke me this morning. It was Ashley, “Just in case the Dominican Republic is in your news today, I wanted you to know I’m okay.” The National Hurricane Center in Miami called Noel, which formed Sunday, “a major flood threat.” The storm could dump 8 to 12 inches of rain…