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.
Early Wednesday morning on October 8th, I awoke to take photos of the blood moon. The sky was inky black with clouds hiding the stars, as well as the eclipse of the moon. While I was standing on the beach, I shivered with a sense of foreboding. I couldn’t shake the feeling that something big was about to happen.
Thursday, the rains started. In 12 hours, we had 15 inches of rain. We lost our power early Thursday evening. Then, Friday morning, we had to walk into Moyogalpa to catch the ferry to take our very sick cat, Black Jack, to the vet in Rivas.
The rain sliced through the dark morning sky like sheets of glass. Our local beach bar’s ranchos toppled over like dominos.
We walked silently through the mud into town. The roads washed out, and waterfalls replaced our colorful treed path into town.
Upon returning to…
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Just wait until that scenic volcano blows its top…
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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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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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If it threatens to blow, we could always move to Ometepe 😀 oh wait… let me rethink that
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BAHHHH! 🙂
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Thoughts & Prayers for ALL
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Thank you 🙂
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Thanks for reblogging Kris.
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Of course, and I’m looking forward to hearing about your outing if you made it down the road.
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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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I can almost hear Ron grumbling from here. Good luck!
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It’ so incredibly beautiful there. I feel bad for all the people devastated by this.
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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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