We literally knew nothing about what was going on until about 7:30 the next morning when Abigail and I (Ken) left for school -- Abigail asked me, "Daddy, why is it all black out here?" Still I refused to have a clue, "Oh Abigail, maybe the rain came from the other direction last night and washed the dirt and dust off the roof and covered the ground and cars (about 15 feet away from the house).
I asked Alba, the wife of our gate guard, "Where did all the dirt come from?" -- to which she replied, "Oh, Pacaya erupted last night between 6 and 9pm" -- to which I said (after picking up my jaw off the ground), "Seriously!?"
It wasn't until later in the morning until I put 2 and 2 together to get 4 -- the hail wasn't hail (falling sand/ash) and the thunder wasn't thunder (Pacaya's eruption). Duh!
Well then the rain came back... and it rained... and it rained... and it rained... and finally Saturday noonish, while chatting with another teacher after graduation, we found out that the rain wasn't because of the normal rainy season -- rather it was because of the tropical storm Agatha coming in from the Pacific. Oh -- good to know about, right?
Well, these are things we'd likely known about much sooner if our Internet at the house had been working. It's been out since sometime Tuesday which has played havoc with our ability to stay current on such important newsworthy stories (like the Canadian and American Embassy Warden's messages regarding the coming Cyclone/Typhoon).
Alas, better late than never -- eh?
Anyway off to check more news -- while we have working Internet.
-knme
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I seen pictures on the news here of the ash and of the tropical storm. I was wondering how you all made out. Thanks for the update!
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