Hunkered Down

The air is heavy here in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. There is no wind, just a quiet stillness. Occasionally it rains, light showers, nothing like a band from a hurricane. The headlines of today´s issue of La Prensa reads, ¨Beta Llegea Amenazarte¨ The picture says it all, showing Hurricane Beta striking the coast of Nicaragua and coming due east, over the mountains of Central Honduras (our destination). What a way to spend my time off--reading and watching American football (with Spanish announcers), waiting to see if it´ll be safe for us to go inland. We went out and brought some emergency supplies (we have more than 5 gallons of water each, extra batteries, a radio, and food, just in case). Right now, it looks like the storm will stay south of us, but we´ll see. I don´t think it would take much to knock out the power grid here. At least, I´m in good company, with a bunch of doctors on a medical relief team.

More later, written from an international keyboard with sticking keys...