- erinschrode
A Prayer For Peace
Ayyy Puerto Rico. Bendiciones y paz. Praying for peace, calmer days and steady ground to go forth, literally. ๐ต๐ท Tato bien ahora? Is everyone safe, albeit awake and in the dark post-earthquake?
Iโve been sitting here across the world feeling helpless, texting friends/fam on island and wishing there were more I could do to settle Mother Nature. Puerto Rico doesnโt deserve to have its people, its natural treasures, its buildings, its power grid ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ, its systems rattled, shaken, tested, broken. No place or population deserve to live in fear or danger, not in the face of any natural or manmade threat or force. Pero ya tu sabes, nothing can break the spirit and resilience of boricuas. With you today, tomorrow and always. ๐๐พ๐ต๐ท
Sending love from a quiet ๐ค๐ผ fault zone across the country to one that hopefully will soon be quiet again once more โ and sipping creamy coconut cocoa and spooning myself chocolate coconut pie in your honorโฆ call it my Bay Area hippie vegan version of coquito and tembleque?! ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ Ni idea. ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ Besos. โฅ๏ธ
The earthquakes sadly keep coming, so updating (here and mostly Twitter @ErinSchrode)โฆ
Iโd be cool with no middle-of-the-night news alerts or WhatsApps about natural disasters or power outages hitting Puerto Rico ever again. ๐๐พ๐ต๐ท Bendiciones a todos.
Oh these images of destroyed homes, buildings, churches, roads, bridges and more from our beloved island are horrifying, tragic, frightening. I continue praying for Puerto Rico and all affected by the earthquakes.๐๐พ๐ต๐ท
Iโm checking in on friends in/near Yauco and the areas most affected by tonightโs earthquakes (yes, plural). I just got this answer: โThank you... ESTAMOS bien Gracias a Dios. Te avisamos.โ And that really is the precise thing I want to hear from everyone in Puerto Rico.๐๐พ๐ต๐ท
Yet another earthquake just hit Puerto Rico. Magnitude 6.0, after many smaller aftershocks. ๐๐พโฅ๏ธ The first death has also been reported by Telemundo PR, when a wall fell on an elderly man. More injuries are confirmed. Damage appears serious across the south and southwest of the island.
The sun is rising on Puerto Rico after multiple overnight earthquakes that have devastated towns across the south of the island. ๐๐พ๐ต๐ท Bendiciones. Prayers. Be safe, all.
More images from the damages caused by the overnight earthquakes that shook Puerto Rico are coming in after daybreak, including a school in Guanica. Warnings about widespread structural faults have long circulated. Thank goodness there were no students when the building fell at 4am. What horrors, destruction and disruptions these children have had to and continue to endure across Puerto Rico. ๐๐พ๐ต๐ท I continue to pray for all and for the island as a whole.
A seismologist told CBS News' David Begnaud the chances of an earthquake greater than yesterdayโs 5.8 magnitude hitting Puerto Rico again were less than THREE PERCENT (3%!!)โฆ yet it happened this morning with multiple quakes around 6.0 and even up to 6.4 rattling the island. Prayers. ๐๐พ๐ต๐ท
I sincerely hope (and pray and demand) that the CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES in Puerto Rico who are newly suffering from these earthquakes and still suffering from ongoing recovery or lack thereof post-Hurricane Maria receive the swift, adequate, coordinated, just, comprehensive aid, help, assistance and otherwise that is necessary (not to mention legally obligated and formally required) from the local, islandwide and federal governments.