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The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 108

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The Miami Heraldi
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Miami, Florida
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108
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101 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 13 1989 THE MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE HUGO US Some Puerto Ricans slow to prepare for possible destruction MAJOR FORECLOSURE AUCTION Spinnaker Point Condominium Development And Rental Complex Commonly Known as Mariner's Village "One of Sew targets Planned Unit Developments AT MARKET STREET CIRCUIT ROAD PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE those waters often overflows Auction to be held on site just a rain the water comes up to the steps of the house With a hurricane she said closed our house and will see what God 51 MORTGAGED PROPERTY TO BE SOLD IN ITS ENTIRETY Approximately 670 Existing Units Acres 1 2 or 3 Bedrooms with 1 2 or 3 Baths (Approximately 554 to 1545 Sq Ft) Sq Ft Clubhouse Sales Center Approximately 330 Units Currently Rented Only 50 Miles North of Boston in Fast Growing Seacoast Area By CARLOS HARRISON Herald Stall Writer SAN JUAN Puerto Rico The first heavy winds were hitting Puerto Rico late Sunday after a hectic day during which police and National Guard troops met some public resistance to massive evacuations In Piflones a poor oceanside neighborhood of 3000 people in the San Juan area many people were reluctant to leave Sunday afternoon Esperanza Tapia Pisano 51 was not one of them seen the sea not in a hurricane just a storm sweep over the dunes to within 10 feet of the house not Pisano said She sat reading the 32nd Psalm on the porch of a concrete house her home for 23 years 40 yards from the sea She and her husband 71 had packed two large plastic JC Penney bags with clothing and food for a two- or three-day stay at the Cole-gio Regional de Carolina a branch of the University of Puerto Rico It was not all going well Volunteers motored around San Juan in sound trucks urging people to evacuate Many were ready to go but the transportation was not Efrain Santos assistant director of Civil Defense in Piflones called headquarters downtown wondering why evacuation buses had not arrived as scheduled by 2 pm drivers are eating lunch be there in an hour or two" he was told But by Sunday evening San Juan and most of Puerto Rico appeared fi- CW GRIFFIN Miami Herald Staff TERMS: $500000 Cash Certified check or its equivilent deposit 21 day closing They like so many Puerto Ricans have no insurance on their homes or belongings Commercial artist David Torres 55 of the neighborhood of Hato Rey said he came to the shelter from his third-floor apartment because we are safe I have glass from ceiling to floor I put up tape but I feel He said he had thought of staying until a fireman explained that tape gave security only to his mind The evacuees carried their belongings in small plastic bags A change of clothing was all that most carried At the same time civil defense radio reports said that in Humacao a low coastal zone on the eastern shore evacuation efforts were suspended because the winds were too fierce Four homes had already been blown apart But in San Juan where no wind blew Esteban Ortiz 24 continued his duties at PR Gasolina a self-serve gas station From inside the glass booth he said: staying open straight through But I leave at 10 Then someone else comes the one who needs to AWAITING STORM: Esperanza Tapia Pisano reads the Bible as husband Gregorio Rivera waits for a bus to take them to shelter CALL FOR INFORMATION PACKAGE VIDEO ABSOLUTE Lighting Fixtures Equipment Supplies Tract Custom Lighting More 3816 NE IstAve (Miami Design Center) Miami Auction to be conducted on the premises naUy to be taking the threat of Hurricane Hugo seriously The normally bustling center of Avenida Piflero in Puerto Nuevo was desolate The wind was still a soft light breeze Nearby a refuge had been established at a high school for 1200 students Sunday night it held 34 evacuees who left homes they fear are in the path of flood waters or are too frail to withstand the hurricane say a wind of 147 miles an said Francisco Xavier Velez of the neighborhood of Monacillos live in a little wood house Imagine it will just fly away Velez had taken shelter with his young wife and 1-month-old son in one of the small classrooms where metal shutters cover the windows The names are marked in white chalk on the bare concrete floor Those are the spaces where army cots will be set up for them to sleep Another evacuee Carmen Lopez Perez 59 had come from her home in the Reparto Metropolitano neighborhood with her husband Jose 72 Their home of 26 years sits on a hill-side in the path of flood waters In a small rain the canal cut to disperse Tf ikmim Herald staff writer Paul contributed to this report DEVELOPER'S CLOSE-OUT 30 LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS LAKE PINELOCH VILLAGE 1200 East Michigan Street ORLANDO FLORIDA 1 st Ten Condos to be Sold a ABSOLUTE AUCTION fv I 1 V- I 5 I to the Highest Bidder Regardless of Price! predicted on island Auction to be conducted ott the premises V'f i I I -v S' -1- L- VvjVSiFr FEATURES: Many Lakeside Views 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Units Units Range from to Square Feet Close-Out Sale-272 Units Already Purchased S' HUGO FROM 1A 3 3 BROKER PARTICIPATION 1 1 PRIME ACRES Zoned: R3-MH-2 Residential Apartments or Mobile Home Park) TAMPA FLORIDA IMPROVED WITH A 30 SPACE MOBILE HOME PARK v' e-t 4 A 'W 4 voA' A 4 V' 5 CW GRIFFIN Miami Herald Staff RUN FOR IT: People dash for the car after packing to evacuate the La Peria neighborhood of San Juan Located in the Heavily Traveled Tampa 1-75 Highway 301 Corridor IN COOPERATION WITH Target Auction Land CO PO Box 930 Bessemer Alabama lilllililliMillMi)' HUGO AT A GLANCE Atlantic Ocean 1 ABSOLUTE Two Prime Properties-Two Days DAY 1 NATIONALLY KNOWN V0STERS NURSERIES BAHAMAS I Longitude $46 Latitude 174 I Date 91789 Time Midnight EDT Velocity MPH 140 Movement MPH 9 Direction W-NW from Miami 1156 mi Miami 'V OOMINCAN REPUBLIC ENTIRE CONTENTS REAL ESTATE ALL EQUIPMENT PLANTS TO BE SOLD AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION 17555 Krome Avenue Homestead Existing Fully Equipped Nursery Zoned Agricultural Auction to be conducted on the premises mmmmm GXDB REAL ESTATE: Acres of Prime Nursery Land Zoned Agricultural Fully Equipped Green Houses would be Puerto worst storm since Hurricane Betsy in 1956 As the first bands of rainstorms peeled off the leading edge of the hurricane and reached Puerto Rico casualty and damage reports trick- led sporadically out of other islands along the northeastern rim of the Caribbean With most communication outlets out of commission details were unavailable and rumors uncheckable The report of five deaths was overheard on Radio Caribe Internationale Gabrielle Carabin the mayor of Le Moule on the northwest side of the butterfly-shaped island said on Radio Caribe that two people were killed there She gave no details The airport radio antenna at Pointe-a-Pitre the capital of Guadeloupe was knocked down as the hurricane blew in with winds at a steady 140 mph and even stronger gusts Hurricane center forecasters say no influential atmospheric forces are near enough to steer Hugo off a course on which its strongest steady wind should hit southern Puerto Rico near Guayama about daybreak Before midnight Sunday those winds wrapped around a center 23 miles across were spinning into the US Virgin Islands close enough for St Croix to feel it at full blast and for eastern Puerto Rico to feel hurricane-force gusts of 74 mph An announcement from the National Weather Service in San Juan said: the eye of Hurricane Hugo moves across Puerto Rico as forecast we expect a 50-mile-wide path of extensive to extreme damage to occur winds will destroy wooden structures and uproot trees Roofs could be removed and loose objects will become lethal airborne projectiles" That apparently is what happened on Guadeloupe a French resort island with a population of 337000 Just after midnight Saturday the eye of the hurricane banged ashore near the village of St Francois near the east end of Grand Terre the flatland eastern half of the island It covered most of Grand Terre including the capital city and the northern third of Basse Terre the mountainous western half of Guadeloupe nothing left of St Francois" Mayor Ernest Moutoussamy said on Radio Caribe Internationale from a few houses almost all the rest were destroyed" Jocelyne Vandvurdenghe a French government officer in Martinique said 80 people were reported injured in Guadeloupe La Meynard Hospital in Martinique dispatched 10 doctors to Guadeloupe Two 30-member teams of rescue workers and firefighters were flying from Paris to help shelter the homeless restore electric service and unblock roads And Catholic Air announced in Paris that it was sending clothes water food and blankets in coordination with the Red Cross The US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance sent communications teams to Antigua and Barbados to determine relief needs REGINALD MYERS Miami Herald Staff IVlMJJILi (J JiIJ'M ill I i i i DAY 2 17000 Old Cutler Rd South Miami Auction to be conducted on the premises Atlantic Ocean 100 I Pointe-a-Pitre -Airport control tower knocked out MILES DOMINICAN '-REPUBLIC PUERTO san Juan RICOV REAL ESTATE: Prime Acres Land Zoned For Single Family Development Surrounded by Upscale Residential Communities Legal Counsel for Vosters Nurseries Inc: SL Francois Reports that as many as 70 people were killed or injured in Guadeloupe and its outlying dependencies of De-sirade and Marie-Galante could not be confirmed Sunday said Jean-Claude Roure the prefect of Martinique which lay safely south of the dangerous storm Roure said he heard from his counterpart in Guadeloupe that De-sirade was damaged the worst but no details were known thousand homeless people have been on Guadeloupe the prefect said in a France-Info Radio interview relayed from Paris people cannot move around and nearly all communications are cut it is possible that there is some information that has not been communicated" One of the last reports heard outside Guadeloupe late Saturday on state-run radio said metal roofs were being blown off houses with the strongest winds still a few hours away Amateur radio operators mobilized to help maintain communications with the areas hit by Hugo said Rafael Estevez the president of the International Society of Amateur Radio Operators in Miami All through a frightening Saturday night and Sunday morning Estevez was in contact with ham radio operator Luis Alfonso who rode out Hurricane Hugo on battered Antigua could hear the wind howling in the background" Estevez said was unbelievable" Alfonso reported that Hugo tore the roofs from about 15 percent of the houses and many power lines were toppled Norman Wathey a broadcaster on St Martin said the eye was passing to the south of the island There were reports of many roofs blown off trees uprooted and utility lines downed He said he heard radio reports of widespread flooding and property damage on Antigua about 35 miles north of Guadeloupe In the British dependency of Montserrat northwest of Guadeloupe Joe Dominique of Radio Antilles said the storm blew down trees and ripped away galvanized rooftops of several homes in Plymouth the capital There was no word from Dominica an underdeveloped island with a population of 80000 that is 30 miles south of Guadeloupe Disaster preparation agencies ex- Mayor says town all but wiped out 16'N Guayama Eye of hurricane expected to hit here this morning Damage may be worst to the east near Humacao GUADELOUPE INICA LEEWARD ISLANDS Secluded Waterfront Estate Picturesque Acre -Secured Park-Like Grounds With a Private Peninsula Drive 19 St James Place Freeport Bahamas IX MARTINIQUE ST LUCIA 14N Caribbean Sea 667 64W 66W 64W 6877 60W Uhe lighter outer bands of the hurricane represent less intense wind and rain Auction to be held at the Hotel Intercontinental Miami REGINALD MYERS Miami Herald Staff Tropical Storm Iris forms in the Atlantic Sq Ft 4 BR7 BA Tennis Court Servant's Wing 1100' Seawall Weight Building Pool 6 Zone AC Sport Fishing Diving Offshore Water Purification System 2 Car Garage Storage 2 BROKER PARTICIPATION pected the worst hurricane strike in Puerto Rico to land early today near Humacao an east-end city 34 miles from San Juan Humacao with a population of about 20000 is the center of a district whose total population is estimated at 50000 to 60000 Two rivers the Rio Valenciano and Rio Humacao run through the area and are considered the likeliest places for dangerous flooding and mud slides L- i 1 A new tropical storm named Iris formed Sunday night in the Atlantic from the 12th tropical depression of the hurricane season The National Hurricane Center announcing Iris at 10:30 pm said it was at latitude 121 and longitude 542 a location 1938 miles from Miami and 791 miles southeast of where Hugo stood in the Caribbean Top wind speed was estimated at 40 miles per hour Computer projections estimated that Iris would enter the Caribbean on Wednesday through the southern Windward Islands near Grenada A storm surge will push tides eight to 10 feet above normal height the hurricane center said Herald staff writer Paul Shukov-sky contributed to this report which includes information from wire 9.

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