[tdwg] any TDWG2016 weather updates

Shorthouse, David davidpshorthouse at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 18:46:19 CET 2016


Thanks, William for allaying my fears. Good to hear that all is well
at La Fortuna. I saw a video of a catastrophic landslide in Upala; I
hope all affected are able to quickly recuperate from their loss.

David P. Shorthouse



On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 12:33 PM, William Ulate Rodriguez
<william_ulate_r at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your question.
>
> Although Hurricane Otto did affect some areas on the North of the country,
> like Upala, and other parts in the north Caribbean and Central Pacific, I've
> just confirmed that all is well in La Fortuna and Santa Clara regions.  The
> country is still helping those who were most affected and different support
> activities (like food and donations gathering) are still going on, but
> hotels in the area are fully functional and utilities are also normal in
> most of San Carlos.
>
> Our Local Organizing Committee also indicates that there's no knowledge of
> closed routes or controlled transit in any of the major ways.  As for the
> weather, we are currently having some of the last rains of the wet season
> but this is quite normal for this time of year and in San Carlos, it always
> rains, which is probably one of the reasons why Nature there is so
> exhuberant!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> William Ulate
> TDWG Treasurer
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Shorthouse, David" <davidpshorthouse at gmail.com>
> To: tdwg at lists.tdwg.org
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 11:05 AM
> Subject: [tdwg] any TDWG2016 weather updates
>
> All -
>
> I have heard reports of landslides & washed out roads near Upala ~80km
> NW of La Fortuna. I also see that there will be rain throughout the
> upcoming week. Can the TDWG2016 Local Organizing Committee give us an
> update on local conditions & roads post-Otto?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
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