For the most part of the morning and evening, we practiced our presentations and helped the North Carolina team translate their presentation. Since our presentations were the next day, we had to go over our presentations a couple of times.
In the middle of the day, we went to MegaCenter, a very large shopping mall. It [...]
Is finally OVER! It went great. Everyone seemed to be very interested in what we were saying and was very focused. I am relieved it is over and happy. It was a great experience and I will always remember it. This has been the largest amount of people I have ever presented. Hopefully this will [...]
We woke early this morning to a bleak day! Guess what? We have rain!
We will be going to the Melia Hotel to attend the plenary sessions of ESRI and to present at 3:30.
We will try to post our presentations, as well as videos of the presentations later today!
As Noel moved overhead of us…pounding rain, and blowing gusts of wind we were stuck inside all day. So as a group we dedcided to go on a mission. We grabbed a camera and left on our mission. Not knowing what to do we decided to go up to the balcony and film the [...]
After being in the hotel for the most part of the morning and afternoon, we decided it was time to get some fresh air. With the tropical storm STILL 50 feet away from us, the hotel staff strongly discouraged us from going outside, especially from walking outside. We couldn’t use the [...]
The storm has passed. (More or less….)
My grandma Doris used to look up at the clouds, and see the smallest hint of sunshine, and declare it a sunny day. Well, we are not quite there yet, but there are visible sky breaks through the clouds!
The surf is still pretty choppy and violent, and the [...]
Monday
Although the weather station channel and NOAA are claiming that the storm has passed us by and is on the way to Haiti, we are still experience torrential rains.
On the satellite pictures on our weather channel, we appear to be in the eye of the storm….1 pm EST….
We have been working on our presentations and [...]
…that’s right. The day was filled with tour guides in many shapes, colors, and forms. In our attempt to escape the confines of the hotel in the midst of Tropical Rainstorm Noel, we decided to walk through the shops. While walking to our destination, we soon found ourselves accompanied by a local man. What started [...]
The storm appears to be passing us by. The power is back, lost it for less than five minutes. The warning is now for mostly Haiti, although it is still raining hard!
We just lost all POWER! The lights have gone off and the whole hotel is without light. This is probably because of the wind…we can hear the rain pounding our window outside. Its supposed to be to the west of us but what if it had gone over us? That wouldnt have been good..
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