Feb 6, 2009 | Earthquakes
This letter was in a local gringo newspaper last week. What a vacation!Dear Editor,My wife and I had just checked in at the La Paz Peace Lodge after our flight to Costa Rica and were taking a nap when the Jan. 8 quake hit. I write in response to some letters and...
Feb 6, 2009 | Earthquakes
These are the two places I know of where you can donate money from outside Costa Rica: Western Union and Tico Bingo online. The money ends up at the Cruz Roja [cruise ROW-ha].Cruz Roja is literally Cross Red, or Red Cross. They are the relief program here. Donating to...
Jan 27, 2009 | Bureaucracy, CR: Working, Earthquakes, EFT = Emotional Freedom Technique, Hope, Volcanos, Weather
The tremors under my office chair, all the way over here on the other side of the valley from the epicenter, have finally subsided. We had one – a long one – at 3am Monday morning, but it’d been several days since the one before that. Thank goodness!...
Jan 15, 2009 | Earthquakes
If CNN or Fox drags one more hapless frost-bitten shell-shocked body up onto their dais to ask the same questions (what was it like? isn't it something that everyone was so calm? didn't that crew do a great job?) to get the same answers (everybody was calm, no...
Jan 12, 2009 | Earthquakes
Earthquakes don't get names like hurricanes do. I suppose one reason is because there aren't enough of them, thank goodness. They just get their location and year: we just had the Costa Rica 2009 one. At least we're all hoping that was it. If we get...
Jan 8, 2009 | Earthquakes
Right off the bat, I prefer hurricanes. You get ample warning, at least a week. You won't know whether or not the 'cane is going to land on your house until the last 8 or so hours, but that's way better than no warning at all. Which is what we got today....
