Comments on: Earthquake Update – Bad Stuff

By: Richard Noah

Richard Noah — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:28:10 +0000

Wow, glad you and yours are OK. Been through some big ones here in California, so I know just how much damage they can do.
I take it that CR has nothing like FEMA… so if you lose your house and have a mortgage, you are screwed ?? Wow… that is really bad stuff.
And I was looking at the Alajuela area to get a rental, in the future. (Busy taking Spanish at college now)

My heart goes out to you all
R

By: Mario

Mario — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:14:06 +0000

I´d check out what they classify as “affected”. For example affected might count people without electricity and water, or communities with damaged roads in which case it´s normal for the number affected to be huge. But the number goes down just as fast as soon as they start reconnecting cables and repaving.

61 communities sounds way too high to be a solid number, more likely one of those bogus statistics politicians at the CNE put out to make it look like they´re doing their job.

But… those 2000 in shelters is a whole lot more real. The other day I met up with a newspaper crew coming back from the disaster area, they say the epicenter is pretty much leveled and very few will have a home to go back to.

So keep the help flowing. People out there need it…

By: Girlblue

Girlblue — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:01:51 +0000

That is so very awful. Glad that you and the Mrs are alright, I’ll find out if my country is initiating anything to help and try to contribute that way, or else approach my company and see if we could drum up support that way. I really hope we could help