Petionville IDP camp flooding
Everett Batey
Heads up... as many here predicted IDP camp problems significant with
rain. This is from Miami Herald: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A brief
rain storm flooded Haiti's earthquake camps Wednesday, worrying
residents hours after they were told to brace for a
more-active-than-usual hurricane season.
A windy 20-minute downpour left a half foot of water inside makeshift
tents on the sloping golf course of the Petionville Club, now a
tarp-and-tent neighborhood of about 45,000 people. People ran for
cover in viscous mud wearing plastic shower caps and towels over their
heads. Leaks sprung in emergency tarps given by aid groups after the
Jan. 12 earthquake destroyed their homes.
[4/8/10 11:01:22 AM] Janine Rees (Packett): As you probably know too,
researchers reported yesterday the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will
be more active than usual because of warm sea temperatures. The
moderating El Nino conditions in the Pacific were likely to dissipate
by Summer creating a very active season. Predicting likelihood of 15
named storms between June 1 and Nov. 30 - four of those major
hurricanes. The team also predicts a 58 percent chance of a major
hurricane tracking into the Caribbean (the long-term average is 42
percent). Yesterdays press release from CSU:
http://www.news.colostate.edu/Release/5129
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