Tropical Storm Hits Quepos

Last night a tropical storm swept through Quepos and hit most of the Central Pacific coast last night leaving most neighborhoods without power and closing many roads due to fallen trees and light posts. Because Quepos is below sea level, it is especially prone to flooding. Many homes were under water after hours of heavy rains.



Please pray for our community as they are predicting a storm of equal intensity to pass through in the next 48 hours. Homes have been ruined and we are just starting to dry out- pray that the rain holds off allowing the community to pick up again before it is hit again.









Power lines are down throughout the city. The road to Manuel Antonio beach is completely blocked by fallen trees and the whole mountain is without electricity.









Another fallen light post.









Fallen signs.





At the school, we are thankful that all we had was minimal flooding (even though water rose to about a foot outside of our doors!). We are in one of the few neighborhoods that still has power.



Below, you can see how high the water was in our school room (remember, we are in a new building and we still had this much water! imagine the homes that are older and have less protection)









Below, almost clean- just getting the last layer of water out of the classroom.







Below our library and reading corner out in the sun to dry. Disappointed that we may have lost quite a few books, but realize that this is minimal loss compared to many families and individuals in our community.







Thank you to my Costa Rican family and community here who has called and stopped by, concerned and checking in on me. We hope that we will be back in classes tomorrow if there is not another storm. Many of our students were without electricity and unable to leave their homes due to road blockages. Pray that everything gets cleared up safely and that no one was hurt!