Saturday 10 January 2009, San José, Costa
Rica
Death Toll Rises To
30,
100 More Still
Missing
Tourists Evacuated After
Fatal Quake
You Too Can Help
Cinchona
Completely Disappears Off The Map
Armed Forces
Lower
Inflation Expected In
2009
Pizzeria Staff Takes
Savings to Costa Rica
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Cinchona Completely
Disappears Off The Map
The area known as La
Cinchona de Sarapiquí,
in Alajuela, has been
completely destroyed by
the forces of nature,
practically erasing it
off the map.
The images of the small
town are terrifying,
appearing it to be more
a battle field or a
ghost town.
Overturned vehicles,
houses completely
destroyed, telephone and
light posts down and
cables strewn all over,
the road has been
totally torn apart by
the tremors.
The Cruz Roja and the
Comisión Nacional de
Emergencias (CNE) report
that there is no one
left in Cinchona.
Absolutely on one after
they evacuated the last
of the residents and
tourists in the area.
There is no road access
to Cinchona. The faces
of the people who were
evacuated showed
tiredness and
desperation on losing
everything. The only way
to get in and out of
Cinchona is by
helicopter.
The roads are littered
with abandoned cars. The
houses are completely
open, no one living in
them anymore. It is
simply a picture of a
ghost as seen in the
movies.
No one was able to take
anything out. The
survivors still can't
believe what has really
happened.
But it did. And it will
take some time for that
reality to sink and for
people to begin to
rebuilt their lives. But
not in Cinchona. |
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