Keeping up with San Juan Cosala: What I Plan for This Blog

It's been a week now since the waterspout hit San Juan Cosala and filled many parts of the town with mud, rocks, and other debris. There was a tremendous outpouring of help at first, but it's inevitable that it will taper off.

Many of us foreigners who live here by Lake Chapala, whether in the town itself as my husband and I do, or in other Lakeside towns such as Ajijic, Chapala, and Jocotepec, have decided that our help will be ongoing, in various ways. Needs assessment has been going on quietly behind the scenes. We are lucky to have people here who have been involved in disaster relief in many parts of the world.

Kelly and I have talked about our own plans. I intend to continue blogging a lot about the ongoing projects, to interview different people, and to keep reporting on the parts of the situation that I can get access to. Kelly's role as photographer will continue too.

We've been able to help some people, both Mexicans and not, who live far away, to get in touch with people they care about or at least to get word back to them that those folks are okay. This has been very gratifying.

Now, for some video today. Here's a link to a Youtube video showing some of the San Juan Cosala damage. It's very nicely done.