Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 10:52 AM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > PESO: > > These are the slides I'm scanning now. I got to Honduras 2 days after > Mitch hit and was there for two weeks. I have over 5000 slides, most of > which have never been scanned before. > > On October 29th, Hurricane Mitch made landfall in Honduras. The storm > killed over 7000 people in Honduras alone, over 11,000 in all of Central > America. In Tegucigalpa, the Choluteca River was dammed up by debris and > water rose to the 3rd story of the buildings downtown. Whole neighborhoods > slid into the river. I was there to document the effect on the people and > to raise money for relief efforts. The second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane > on record affected everyone in Honduras and many have never recovered from > the devastation. > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/mitch&page=all > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > Tina ================================================================ Fine work, as usual, but so very hard to look through, because of the devastation. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amagayneroshak at gmail.com <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt