Ometepe Island Mudslides and Destruction

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Kris Cunningham

I was just looking for news and info to write a post about this, but this one from our friends at the scene is even better. I am just heartsick thinking about our new friends and all the suffering on this beautiful island. When it is determined how we can help, I will post the info and ask all my fellow blogger friends to do the same.

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13 Responses to Ometepe Island Mudslides and Destruction

oldsalt1942 says:

October 12, 2014 at 10:09 pm

Just wait until that scenic volcano blows its top…

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- Kris Cunningham says:
  
  October 12, 2014 at 10:19 pm
  
  Then those people would definitely need to find new places to live! I will be interested to see the response to this. If it goes well it will give me hope that in the event of a big eruption the people could be successfully relocated. Right now though, I talked with the gal who taught me to make nacatamales and learned her husband lost all his land and all his cattle. its going to be tough for a lot of people. I know the world is full of death, destruction, and suffering but when its someone you know, it feels worse.
  
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  - oldsalt1942 says:
    
    October 12, 2014 at 10:34 pm
    
    That’s a fact, Kris. I sometimes wonder about good old Barú. It’s not all that far away from my house, and as I look at the river I can see boulders the size of a Volkswagen Beetle and there’s only one place they could have come from.
    
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    - Kris Cunningham says:
      
      October 12, 2014 at 10:53 pm
      
      If it threatens to blow, we could always move to Ometepe 😀 oh wait… let me rethink that
      
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      - Rewired and Retired in Nicaragua says:
        
        October 13, 2014 at 2:28 pm
        
        BAHHHH! 🙂
        
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4sarge says:

October 13, 2014 at 5:21 am

Thoughts & Prayers for ALL

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- Kris Cunningham says:
  
  October 13, 2014 at 8:19 am
  
  Thank you 🙂
  
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Rewired and Retired in Nicaragua says:

October 13, 2014 at 2:28 pm

Thanks for reblogging Kris.

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- Kris Cunningham says:
  
  October 13, 2014 at 3:13 pm
  
  Of course, and I’m looking forward to hearing about your outing if you made it down the road.
  
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  - Rewired and Retired in Nicaragua says:
    
    October 13, 2014 at 3:19 pm
    
    Haha! I spoke too soon. Ron and Jose have been working on the buggy all day. When they get one thing working, another thing stops working. Hopefully, soon!
    
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    - Kris Cunningham says:
      
      October 13, 2014 at 3:22 pm
      
      I can almost hear Ron grumbling from here. Good luck!
      
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Pathway To Portugal says:

October 13, 2014 at 11:28 pm

It’ so incredibly beautiful there. I feel bad for all the people devastated by this.

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- Kris Cunningham says:
  
  October 14, 2014 at 8:07 am
  
  I know! They had so little to start with. But, my friend says they are amazingly calm and positive. It’s going to take a long time to recover though
  
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