[Leica] IMGS: Hurricane Mitch

[Sonny Carter]

Hurricanes are different from Snowstorms, and what happened last week in
Texas was not just an act of God, it was also an act of greed.

A better comparison would be the situation in SW Louisiana and SE Texas
after the recent pair of Hurricanes.   Even with "first world" advantages,
the mess is still significant, and the engine of recovery is chugging and
wheezing there as well.  My son's neighborhood in fairly prosperous Iowa,
Louisiana is still a mess.  Lake Charles is a disgrace.



Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:36 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I took a look at your strong work.  My thoughts were on the herculean task
> of moving these economies closer to first world capabilities.  Better
> infrastructure gets you to better outcomes.  Even with catastrophic failure
> at all levels in Texas recently most people are back to normal after 3-4
> days.
>
> I applaud your decades of support and outreach to those most impoverished
> in the highlands.
>
> 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
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley
> > www.tinamanley.com
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley
> > <
> >
> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
> > >
> >
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