October 15, 2005

Rain Rain and More Rain

 “RAIN RAIN RAIN go away…please come back another day”

With all the wet chaos going on in the world these days, I promise you it is just as hard to report in from Nicaragua, the hemispheres poorest “off the map” country. According to the HDI (Human Development Index) 80% of the world’s population lives in third world poverty. And so here we are.

It’s been a wet rainy season 2005. San Juan Del Sur is now into its 25th day of non-stop torrential rain. We’ve had 3 major storms blow in from the west. Where does all the weather come from? Thankfully, other than a few homes washed away there have been no reported deaths in San Juan as a result of this month’s drenching. Northern Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala have not been so lucky.

Eric Blackburn
SV Chickadee
Cruising Central America
Managing Director

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