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Article: Some seek divine intervention as Caribbean braces for potentially nasty hurricane season
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- AP Worldstream
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- May 30, 2003
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Dateline: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico
Reaching for a pungent potion of solvent, wood sealer and perfume,
Olga Santiago Ocana advises how to ward off bad spirits during a
hurricane season that forecasters warn could be busier than ever.
In a shop packed with bundles of herbs, candles, beads and other paraphernalia
of Santeria, the Afro-Caribbean religion, Santiago tells a client
to sprinkle the anti-hurricane elixir around the home.
"Every time there's a hurricane, people rush to buy this," she says
in her "botanica," a shop where people buy charms and potions.
If forecasters are right, she may be busier than ever.
Due to warmer sea-surface temperatures, ...