Stan, I noticed the earthquake news and thought of you and Cesar, our roving PDML ambassadors. Shades of Marshal McLuhan, disasters are brought every day in our living rooms, and we become indifferent to them. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't know how many of you noticed, I don't think it has been a major story, > but there was a 6.1 or 6.2 earthquake in Costa Rica about 30 hours ago. I > have been tracking the relatively few stories that have come out. Since my > wife and I were in the area of the epicenter last June, I have a personal > connection! I read the comment about "we were on the viewing platform near > the falls and the platform collapsed..." and I think, yeah I have several > photos of me, of my wife, and of both of us standing on that viewing > platform... > > Actually it could have been any one of these or one of several others on > that particular trail... > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p192711468/h11d18ada#h11d18ada > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821279748/h2ec6d1d0#h2ec6d1d0 > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821279748/h2ec6d1d0#h3e6b8755 > > I look at the photos of the roads that have collapsed and/or been covered by > landslides and I recognize the road we were on on our way to the volcano and > then to the falls. One or both of the photos I have sent to Mark for the > upcoming PDML book were taken near the La Paz "luxury eco-tourist resort" as > it is being described; reports are that the resort suffered heavy damage and > they are working on evacuating guests and staff members, but the process is > complicated by the fact that the road is gone. > > What bothers me most about all of this is that, if I hadn't been there last > summer, I might well not have noticed. Or if I noticed, I might well not > have paid much attention. Assuming I am at least somewhat typical, that is a > sad commentary on how inured we become to other people's disasters. > > Oh well. End of philosophical discourse. Back to your regularly scheduled > programs... > > stan > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
