"God Bless Americas"
(Jaco photo from 2008 rainy season)
That is how I am singing that song today, God bless Costa Rica, Central America!
We have had so much rain, it has caused deaths and hardship for many people living here. Yesterday, I received this notice from the Chamber of Commerce in Jaco:
Dear members and friends,
Due the rains that have been affecting Garabito the last days and specially last night, Daystar Properties, Red Cross, Jaco Canopy Tour, Municipal Police, Fuerza Pública, Fire Department, Ministry of Health, Chamber of Commerce and Catholic Chuch have joined forces and created a temporary station at the Daystar Properties offices. In order to help the people affected by the rains they are requesting for non-perishable food and water mainly. Also they need clothes, baby diapers, toilet paper, bath towel, personal hygiene items, toothpaste, toothbrush, blankets, among others. Please help these people that need it. Your donation can be delivered in the Daystar Properties offices located 50 southeast from Municipality of Garabito. For more information please call at 2643-1213 Municipal Police, 2643-2853 Chamber of Commerce or 2643-1290 Daystar Properties. Thank you very much!
PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS!!!
I've lived here awhile now and have seen mudslides and people scooping mud out of their houses. One house I saw, the lady had water almost waist deep, carrying her puppy out of the house over her head. It is tragic when the rains come and stay for days unending. I am safe and dry. All the work Jose and I did with digging a trench around my house and filling it with rocks has really helped with the drainage. In fact, most of the work Jose and I did while he was here was to prepare for the rainy season. Thank God, all is good and I have a warm, dry place to sleep at night. Many folks here don't right now.
See this article published today in La Nacion:
Aludes y lluvias dejan 21 muertos y 19 desaparecidos
(you can translate)
God Bless Americas, my home sweet home.
4 comments:
I am so glad that you had the means and the ability and the foresight to do all that work...you are right your hard work paid off. I am so sorry to see what's happening and I hope it lets up, now! thanks for sharing....
shannon
Every year, it's about the same, more or less. The rains always come. I was a little disturbed that I could get no info off of FB about what was going on. Then I realized that Ticos don't talk about it. It's normal. The river people always get washed out and yes, it is tragic about the mudslides and deaths. But they don't talk about it.
Glad to see you figured out how to post a comment!! :)
Thanks for stopping my my recipe blog and leaving your cobbler recipe. I will have to try it. I do have a "subscribe" link on the blog. You may not have seen it, so I moved it from the lower left to the upper left of the screen. Folks should be able to find the link easily in the future.
Great, I'll sign up! Thanks.
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