Costa Rica weather can be quite weird. Lately I have no idea if we are in the summer or the rainy season and most of these climate changes are part of the very scary tropical storm Hannah and devastating Hurricane Gustav. Right now Costa Rica appears to be far away from Hannah’s or Gustav’s ways: Tropical storm Hannah seems to be heading to the Bahamas right now and as for Hurricane Gustav residents of the Mexican Gulf and Louisiana were told to be prepared for anything and as matter of fact, Officials in New Orleans and nearby locations are already considering evacuate very soon.
Although I am miles away I am very concerned we may be facing another Katrina, hopefully it won’t become as terrible but one never knows. Here in Costa Rica, buildings are more prepared to deal with natural disasters specially storms and earthquakes, they do plan ahead. Costa Rica has gone through quite a ride when it comes to emergencies due to weather, just a couple of months ago the entire town of Perez Zeledon was incommunicado when a storm caused a road to be blocked by dirt and a bridge fell down.
The way Costa Rica homes are built take into consideration the tropical weather changes: materials are stronger, structures are meant to survive earthquakes and even paint is developed to last longer because of the rain and this is probably why buildings in Costa Rica are a little harder to maintain than US constructions for example.
Right now, we all hope that both that tropical storm Hannah and Hurricane Gustav move away from towns and that any possible damage they cause on their way can be controlled. Otherwise I assume that just like in any other natural disaster people unite to help those who get their properties damaged.
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