If you can't tell =), my Spanish is getting better. ( We still have tremors)
Anyhow, this is the promised update. We still have tremors and mild eruptions. But, not in my department of Leon so they brought all of us home to Leon last Monday but the volunteers from Chinandega, which is the department in which the active volcano, San Cristobal, is located are still on evacuation. It is one week today and I am sure they are all more than ready to go back to their sites. The first couple of days were sort of fun in a real nice hotel in Granada, but since then they have been sent to live with other volunteers or training site families so its not as cushy as that nice hotel, Hotel Alhambra, for any of you who are familiar with Granada.
BTW, while I was in Granada I ran into a woman from Denver. I noticed her because her golden retriever was stretched out on the tile floor, panting while lying down. She was shocked that I knew it was a golden as most people in Nicaragua ( with good cause) don't know the breed. I was a little sorry for him, he looked so hot, but she says he is getting used to the change in temp and I am sure she gives him a cool place to rest at home. We had a nice chat. She retired early from some very highly paid job with a .com or IT firm and is looking for a place to live for a while. She rented her home in Wash Park in Denver, so I am sure she is doing fine financially. I promoted Peace Corps response to her with her IT skills but not sure what she'll do. We exchanged Emails...don't know if we'll stay in touch or not but she seems like a real nice person. Her name is Amanda so of course, she is very cool.
Anyway, can't say much here as we don't have electricity right now and my battery is runnng down.
Bottom line, I leave in a week for a week in US with my sis for serveral days and then she and I are driving to PA to meet up with our kids, grandkids, their families and our brother John and his daughter. BTW, if you are in Ithaca, NY in early November, he is doing the musical/ play 1776 -Days of Revolution, which I am I coming home early to see....it will be worth it !!!! And on the closing night, Nov 6 we are having a bash to celebrate the reelection of Obama !!!! Wouldn't miss that for all the world.
Battery almost gone...no fan, very hot, going to take another shower.....
Pat
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Temblores aqui !!!
Dear Friends of Mother Earth,
Well, she is finally fed up with us down here....and she is blowing her top !!
My companjeros and I have been evacuated out of our sites and about 45 of us are in a hotel in Granada...and its quite a nice hotel !!! At first they collected us all and took us to Managua but then Managua got some more temblores so they loaded us back in a bus and brought us all to Granada which apparently has not suffered temblores in the past.
Also, we have a volcano, Mt. Cristobel, in Chinandega, near Leon, which is sending up a strong plume of smoke or ash and some lava has been reported. I guess they'll be able to see more once it gets dark. People were saying , "its time" for an eruption of some size so, quien sabe.
I guess when the earth shifts with a temblor, the volcanos react too. Anyhow, as far as I know, Peru has had some temblores and I just heard on the TV that Costa Rica has had 4 or 5 late today of some significant size. So....we have to wait and see. Now they are telling us that we will be here until Monday at least. It will all depend on what the volcano and mother earth decides to do.
We got the notice of the evacuation on our cell phones about 10 am this morning and we finally got into the hotel here about 6:30. It was a tiring day of shuffling around but at least we are in a very very nice place for another day or so. The other volunteers are very nice and its a great group to be with.
My neighbor is in charge of feeding my cats until I get back and I have asked her by text message to tell Helen, the little girl I am teaching to read, where I am and when I plan to be back.
I'll post more news when I have something definitive.
Atentamente,
Pat
Well, she is finally fed up with us down here....and she is blowing her top !!
My companjeros and I have been evacuated out of our sites and about 45 of us are in a hotel in Granada...and its quite a nice hotel !!! At first they collected us all and took us to Managua but then Managua got some more temblores so they loaded us back in a bus and brought us all to Granada which apparently has not suffered temblores in the past.
Also, we have a volcano, Mt. Cristobel, in Chinandega, near Leon, which is sending up a strong plume of smoke or ash and some lava has been reported. I guess they'll be able to see more once it gets dark. People were saying , "its time" for an eruption of some size so, quien sabe.
I guess when the earth shifts with a temblor, the volcanos react too. Anyhow, as far as I know, Peru has had some temblores and I just heard on the TV that Costa Rica has had 4 or 5 late today of some significant size. So....we have to wait and see. Now they are telling us that we will be here until Monday at least. It will all depend on what the volcano and mother earth decides to do.
We got the notice of the evacuation on our cell phones about 10 am this morning and we finally got into the hotel here about 6:30. It was a tiring day of shuffling around but at least we are in a very very nice place for another day or so. The other volunteers are very nice and its a great group to be with.
My neighbor is in charge of feeding my cats until I get back and I have asked her by text message to tell Helen, the little girl I am teaching to read, where I am and when I plan to be back.
I'll post more news when I have something definitive.
Atentamente,
Pat
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