#84246 - 02/08/10 01:39 PM
How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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STLBILL1
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We are heading down to FP on Sunday, arrive in Tahiti Sunday night and wake and fly to Moorea, stay for 3 nights then to Tahaa for 4 nights, then to BB for 3 days. I have been reading some articles that hotels were destroyed, some closed, bars/restaurants closed... What should we expect when we get there? Is it in bad shape down there? If you ahve info please let me know ASAP. Thanks.
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#84247 - 02/08/10 02:07 PM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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Gary & Cath
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We have just heard from our Aussie friend in BB that everything is pretty much in order, just some cleaning up to do. I would check with your hotels directly (or your local TA) for specific info regarding any changes to your accommodation plans.
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#84250 - 02/08/10 02:37 PM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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Old Wife
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I would expect you'll just see more people out cleaning up gardens and open spaces. You'll probably also see some piles of coconuts and branches, too. But I'll bet the weather will clear and you'll have a fantastic time!
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#84252 - 02/08/10 03:00 PM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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Gary & Cath
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I just checked the Pearl webcams and the weather looks fantastic!!
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#84253 - 02/08/10 04:58 PM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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Patti.
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I just returned. I was on Moorea during the cyclone and everything is fine. There is a lot of minor stuff to clean up...blown tree limbs, debris washed up on the shores, few damaged roofs, some wood decks had a few boards come loose. But overall not much damage. Nothing really to worry about.
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#84259 - 02/09/10 07:56 AM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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BarbiJKM
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This news yesterday from Tahiti Presse:
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Tourism : 02/08/2010 at 3:35PM
Oli spared most hotels in French Polynesia
(Tahitipresse) - Most hotels and guesthouses in French Polynesia have not been affected by tropical cyclone Oli, a government press release states.
Tourism officials feared Oli hit hotels in places like Bora Bora, Leeward Islands.
However, even though damages still have to be precisely listed, it appears that most hotels have been spared.
A special unit has been created by the French Polynesian government to assess damages.
Members of this unit have already been sent Friday to Bora Bora. Starting Monday, they will also visit other islands affected by Oli.
Most of the hotels and guesthouses in these islands have confirmed they are ready to have new guests.
Tropical cyclone Oli mainly hit last week the Leeward Islands and Tubuai in the Austral Islands.
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#84272 - 02/10/10 07:55 AM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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BarbiJKM
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More from Tahiti Presse today:
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French, territorial and weather officials became concerned Monday afternoon with what turned out to be a false alert of yet another tropical depression—Pat—1,300 kms (808 miles northwest of Tahiti).
This depression formed in the Cook Islands between Sunday and Monday with 150 kph (93 mph) winds south of Manihiki in the northern Cook Islands. The Stuff.co.nz media site reported online that the storm was moving at southeast at speed of 18 kph (11 mph).
The Cook Islanders, considered Tahitians' Polynesian cousins, live on any of the Cook's 15 small islands and atolls. The Cook Islands are northeast of New Zealand between French Polynesia and American Samoa.
This is the area where traditionally most tropical depressions and cyclones form as they head west towards French Polynesia. Nisha and Oli followed that tradition.
However, media reports and scientific Web sites later showed that Pat, which formed between American Samoa and the Cook Islands as a tropical storm, became a Category 1 storm with 65-knot (75 mph/120 kph) winds.
On Tuesday, Météo France's satellite photo of French Polynesia was absent of big masses of cloud formations for the first time in some two weeks. However, that was not the situation west of Tahiti, from the Cook Islands to the French territory of Wallis and Futuna, according to a satellite photo of the South Pacific taken by Météo France at 8:30 am.
The front page of Tahiti's other French language newspaper (La Dépêche de Tahiti) had only one weather headline Tuesday—"The depression Pat could avoid Polynesia". Les Nouvelles devoted a large part of its front page Tuesday showing Pat's semicircular path away from French Polynesia with the headline "Pat Skedaddles".
Tuesday's Météo France forecast at 5 am and 3 pm mentioned nothing about tropical depression Pat. However, the French meteorological forecast service at the Tahiti-Faa'a Airport alerted the public Tuesday to rain, sometimes heavy, with wind gusts with thunderstorms throughout the northwest and west areas of the Tuamotu Archipelago into the night.
Blue skies were forecast for the Leeward Islands with afternoon cloudiness and isolated heavy rain and gusts into Wednesday. The seas have calmed down to northwest and southern swells 1.5 to 2 meters (5-6.5 feet). Good weather was forecast for Wednesday.
For Tahiti and Moorea, Météo France forecast clear skies Tuesday morning, but increasingly cloudiness in the afternoon and evening, accompanied by heavy rain and gusting. There will be the possibility of thunderstorms.
The situation for Tahiti and Moorea is expected to improve by mid-day Wednesday with a return to clear skies by the evening and sunny skies Thursday, Météo France said.
President Tong Sang began his inspection of Oli's damage Monday morning, flying to the Leeward Islands. He is also mayor of the popular tourist island of Bora Bora, which was one of the first mayor islands to be hit. Some 650 overseas tourists were forced to spend the night in protected areas set up by the hotels because there were no Air Tahiti flights to Papeete. Everyone was reported safe Tuesday.
Tahiti's president is due to visit the Leeward Islands of Taha'a and its sister island of Raiatea as well as Huahine Tuesday before returning to Papeete earlier Tuesday afternoon. He is accompanied by Education Minister Moana Greig and Labor Minister Lana Tetuanui.
Once they return to Papeete they and other government minister are due to prepare an overall status report on the situation following Oli's passage.
But meteorologists at Météo France indicated that during this extended El Nino period the tropical depression and perhaps cyclone season is far from over in early 2010. "All the ingredients" exist for new tropical depression as a result of El Nino's warm ocean surface temperatures.
The Tong Sang government is due to present an official recapitulation of damage on Wednesday during its weekly Council of Ministers meeting. This is expected to put an official figure on the amount of damage to homes and businesses and the number of people who will need special lodging until their homes are repaired.
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#84274 - 02/10/10 02:00 PM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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mstyrs
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Loc: Utah
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Hi i will be in Moorea first week of March,how is the Lagoon fish,coral did it get damaged ?We are staying at the Hilton in an OWB are we still be able enjoy the Lagoon?
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#84275 - 02/10/10 02:22 PM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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Patti.
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I was on Moorea for the cyclone and the water was crystal clear when I left on Friday and I saw fish off the deck....that was just one day after the storm. So I'm sure it'll all be quite fine for you in March.
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#84276 - 02/10/10 03:39 PM
Re: How bad is it down there after OLI? Leaving Sunday :/
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Poehere
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Hi all! FYI so much cleaning up has been done already and the worst hit was Tubuai (Australs) were more than 1/2 the population lost their home...!
In BB the Sofitel has major damage on the thatched roofs of the OWB's as did the Moana Intercontinental and the BBLagoon Resort lost 3 bungalows that went floating...
I think you should know that the most affected were those living in "houses" or rather indecent dwellings that could not withstand the extreme winds and which totally shocked the French minister of the overseas territory who was actually present (formal visit) during the cyclone... guess something will finally be done now for those people who could never afford to have a decent and secure roof over their head and who unfortunately did not have the right political colour, the end of a privileged system and new beginnings for a lot of people.
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