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