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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — 'ompact, quick-moving Debby be anie the first hurricane to make |andfall this season, hitting several mall Caribbean islands on a north- esterly route that menaced Puerto ico and the Bahamas archipelago. Forecasters said it was too early :ogauge the threat to the U.S. main- and but urged residents to monitor he storm. With winds up to 75 mph, Debby vas a minor hurricane, apparently causing little damage on Antigua, |\nguilla and other small islands uesday morning. It then made a light — but crucial — turn to the orth that meant populous Puerto ico and the vulnerable Dominican epublic could be spared the worst. “We’ve fared well. I’m looking [outside at my garden, which was levastated by Hurricane Lenny last [year, and it still has flowers,” said IGlen Holm, director of the tourism bureau on the Dutch island of Saba. On nearby St. Maarten, battered by hurricanes in recent years, a cur few was lifted and meteorologist Ashford James celebrated the pas sage of “Little Debby.” Still, the threat was sufficient to disrupt life throughout the northern Caribbean as residents, tourists, businesses and authorities sprang into the routine — terrifying to 7 Aug. 22 5 p.m. EDT 300 mi. 300 km. Hurricane Debby Moving: WNW at 21 mph Sustained wind: 75 mph Wind gusts: 90 mph 35o 30o R ntinued from idable opponent an NG m can face. However, mot afford to take Cent itly, either. The Knights f an NCAA tourney lot of talent and sf a chal lenge for the Agfi; eat that we get to/, advanced to the sec 1 ' 1C A As and has big sat Guerrieri said. T game for us, especial!) ne out with a win.” eekend will serve ast dnt for what the Ass i into a Top 10 season- ig 12 Championship, v A&M will conceit test weekend in th £gie Soccer Complex.! )ff against Central FI® 7:30 p.m. with Sund) cheduledfor 1 p.m. some, exhilarating to others — of bracing for a storm. The U.S. Virgin Islands declared a curfew and requested federal help, and a major oil refinery was partial ly shut down. Airlines canceled flights, schools and banks closed, storekeepers nailed plywood to win dows and cruise lines diverted ships. “We're really con cerned about Puerto Rico ... be cause of the high terrain they have down there/' — Max Mayfield director of the National Hurricane Center The storm’s center will likely ap proach Florida by Friday morning, Max Mayfield, director of the Na tional Hurricane Center in Miami, told AP Network News. “If it stays on our track, we’ve got Wednesday and Thursday to prepare.” In Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of 4 million people, there was relief at predictions Debby’s eye would pass just north of the island, mean ing a probability of lesser, tropical storm-force winds. Still, officials warned of life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. “We’re really concerned about Puerto Rico, always, just because of the high terrain they have down there,” Mayfield said. “We’re fore casting four to six inches (of rain), and they could have some locally heavier amounts up to 10 inches.” The U.S. Navy abandoned exer cises near the outlying island of Vieques, moving 10 ships and two submarines 300 miles south. At 2 p.m. EDT, Debby was cen tered about 55 miles northeast of San Juan after passing over the British Virgin Islands, moving west- northwest at 22 mph. Its maximum winds were 75 mph, with higher gusts. Hurricane-force winds ex tended outward 25 miles from the storm’s center, and tropical storm- force winds another 175 miles. Hurricane warnings were posted for the Turks and Caicos and the southeastern Bahamas, and a hurri cane watch was in effect for the cen tral Bahamas and northern Haiti. The twin-island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis was spared, en abling the continuation of Carifesta, a 35-nation arts and music festival that began Thursday. On the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix, HOVENSA, one of the largest oil refineries in the Western Hemisphere, shut down some pro cessing units and was considering a complete shutdown, said spokesman Alex Moorhead. The possibility that HOVENSA, with a refining capacity of 500,000 barrels per day, could suspend activi ty was being clbsely watched by in vestors who saw the price of oil fu tures shoot up Monday. The refinery is a joint venture between Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. and the Venezue lan PDVSA state oil company. In Puerto Rico, tourists boarded early morning flights from San Juan for the U.S. mainland. 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