Natural Disasters Demolish Guatemala
okay, I know you are all deserving of a much longer update, but I don´t have time right now. Rest assured I will later this week because we have no school throughout the entire country the entire week. Why? Well, in case you live in a hole or the US is too busy covering the damnation of our entire east coast (drill, baby, drill!), Nature decided to shit on Guatemala last week.
Rest assued, I´m alive. Luckily our site wasn´t hit to hard, although there were a couple of houses caved in and some stranded visitors whose buses couldn´t make it to the town over because the bridges were flooded. The southern pacific coast has been devastated though, and on MSNBC they have a terrific slideshow of the damage done. There are legitimate holes in Guatemala city where the land just seems to have dropped and the south coast is flooded completely. This hurricane damage (hurricane Agatha, had a discussion with some Guatemalans about how they always pick the ugliest names for natural disasters. Sorry if anyone reading this is named Agatha) was on top of the damage done by Volcan Pacaya as it errupted last Thursday killing one and causing several thousand to evacuate surrounding areas, as well as dumping a ton of ash on Guate city. End of Guatemala might be before 2012. Luckily we climbed this volcano 2 weeks ago so have no reason to go back in the near future.
Also, added a little addition to the family. will update more later this week.
Luz
I’m so happy that you are okay! Wow. I heard about that on NPR way back when, but I am living in a bubble for sure. No news access where I live besides radio. I’m at the internet cafe now. Like I’m a tourist. I am, I suppose. Luz looks beautiful. Missing you lots.
M