Comments on: 260 aftershocks after yesterday’s earthquake in Costa Rica

By: Debbi MacPherson

Debbi MacPherson — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:19:28 +0000

Sorry to hear about this, Gaynor.

By: Rosemary Morris Campbell

Rosemary Morris Campbell — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:48:35 +0000

Thankful you are all well!

By: Tena Weaver O'Hara

Tena Weaver O'Hara — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:03:35 +0000

Any reports from Santa Teresa on roads?

By: Marianne Briels

Marianne Briels — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:34:08 +0000

Hi Eric, you don’t know me – I happened to stumble across your message when looking up Samara – greetings & well wishes for your recovery from Christchurch New Zealand. Besides the physical devastation, quakes rock the very thing we expect to be stable, and thus in turn rock the very core of us. And ongoing quakes even more so. We’ve had about 11,000 quakes since 4 sept 2010 here, in an area that was not even supposed to get them ( see http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz ). There may be some helpful tidbits in the Christchurch online paper for you from time to time…http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press … Where it comes to re-construction, as a general rule of thumb: wood gives, brick does not. We had to wack down all our brick chimneys and our brick wall and replace them with wood. Maybe our towns need to collaborate on ideas… I happened to be sitting under one of the units of the Treehouse Inn in Samara on 5 sept as the 7.6 struck…in other words I understand your situation. Looking back on the last 2 years, with ongoing quakes the worst is not even the damage, however devastating and heart breaking, it is the daily fear that results from it all. When we are in a life threatening situation like a quake, our brain creates links to everything associated with it…e.g. it might have linked the place where you were when it happened as deadly dangerous…so if you need to go there again it may create a horrible feeling of panic. It may also link anything that vibrates the ground, e.g. from a heavy truck driving by, as deadly dangerous in that same fashion. There is something that can UN-link that unconscious response; it is an NLP technique. I happened to study that particular technique around the same time the quakes started here and I’ve helped people here with it very successfully, so they can have their inner calm back. My very best wishes for your safety and the restoration. @[741229458:2048:Marianne]

By: Jessica Correa Bailey

Jessica Correa Bailey — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:18:37 +0000

Lots of little after shocks are good. Releases pressure. Delays the larger ones. Dave

By: Viola King

Viola King — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:18:43 +0000

Heard from your father that you were all okay. How close to you was itbthis time?

By: Pat Zenzius

Pat Zenzius — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:03:38 +0000

Glad you guys are ok. Hugs & kisses

By: Eric Pickering

Eric Pickering — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:03:37 +0000

Some days it feels like a long month and a half….

By: Angus Sutherland

Angus Sutherland — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:18:37 +0000

May have to come up with another plan for a retaining wall that will retain something like the earth shaking!

By: Jonathon Nash

Jonathon Nash — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:48:39 +0000

Terrible. I cant beleive the new retaining wall fell down again!!!