So it's been 3 months and I'm already on my second tropical storm. Not too good of odds so far. Peace Corps consolidated us, so right now all the volunteers in my region are staying at a nice hotel in Santiago, complete with hot showers, air conditioning, wireless internet and cable TV with English channels. There is even WGN news from Chicago!
This region of the DR got hit pretty bad by the storm. The big problem was that last night during the night, the government opened the floodgates to prevent a dam from overtopping, and they did not give any warning to the people in the area, so 7 people died that should not have, had there been a warning. They said about 5,000 cubic meters per second was flowing from the floodgates...that's a lot of water.
Not much to report on otherwise. Things are going well at my site and I'll probably be going back tomorrow after we get the go ahead from PC.
Vaya con Dios! (Everyone here says that when you're leaving, it means, "Go with God."
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Go with God? 3 little words I never thought I'd hear from you. You'll be a priest in no time :)
ReplyDeleteHey Kevin,
ReplyDeleteI haven't talked to you in forever!! I was talking to Fran and she told me you were in the Dominican Republic!! Go you!! I just wanted to say a quick hello!! Sounds like your having a blast! Anyway, good luck with the tropical storm!! Have a good New Year Cheeto!!! Ha!!
Megan