Mexico Would Love To Borrow Your Snorkel Right About Now
2 November 2007, 11:15 AM. By Guanabee Staff
In other news of the apocalypse, we turn our backs for five minutes on the border and someone leaves the water running to the tune of 70% of the Mexican state of Tabasco now being underwater. Says the Houston Chronicle:
A week of heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, leaving 70 percent of the Gulf state of Tabasco under water, and forcing thousands of people to cling to rooftops or flee to shelters. It is the worst flooding the state has seen in 50 years.
Nearly all services, including drinking water and public transportation, were shut down in the state capital, Villahermosa, 80 percent of which was under water.
“The situation is extraordinarily grave: This is one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country,” President Felipe Calderon said in a televised address Thursday night.
And this is a country that has seen some natural disasters. Some of you may be too young to recall the earthquake that hit Mexico City in the 1980’s. This one is up there, too. After the jump, more gruesome details.
The Grijalva River, one of two large waterways ringing Villahermosa, has risen 6.5 feet above its “critical” level and gushed into the city’s center. Authorities said some of the rivers were continuing to rise.
Rescue workers in boats and helicopters plucked desperate residents from their rooftops and led thousands to shelters, but the task was proving to be more than they could handle.
Of the estimated 700,000 people whose homes were flooded, damaged or cut off, 300,000 still had not been rescued Thursday and potable water supplies were exhausted in Villahermosa, Tabasco Gov. Andres Granier said. Police, soldiers and military workers were still trying to reach them
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President Calderon is calling for donations of bottled water, canned goods, diapers and other vital supplies to donation centers around the country. We wish them a speedy rescue.
Devastating floods deluge Mexican state [Houston Chronicle]
Images [BBC]
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i’ve been to villahermosa, and the people there are not 6.5 feet tall. they’re just not. i hope the world wakes the heck up and sends some help soon.
The situation is tragic almost 1 000 000 people has been afected by the flooding(300 000 in villahermosa, tabasco), you can help them too… here is an account that you can help… please we need to you…
BBVA Bancomer Number 0401010115 to “cruz roja mexicana, institucion de asistencia publica”
Banamex no Cta 2001695137
HSBC 4000943274
Both to name “secretaria de administracion y finanzas, Gobierno del estado de tabasco”
you can verfy the information that i give you on http://www.tabasco.gob.mx/
Hey all, this is my home state and I’ve still got family that are barely out of the water.
I’ve posted links on my blog and Digg link to anarticle to raise awareness, also banc accounts and links to donations Please help. Thank you
http://rootcoffee.blogspot.com/2007/11/race-to-save-mexico-flood-victims.html
It’s great that people want to help, but just a reminder that Guanabee does not verify the authenticity of anyone’s bank account listed here. We recommend going to a known humanitarian organization like Red Cross.
this is fucking sickening. i grew up in villahermosa. my dad still lives in villahermosa. my mother and i have dozens of friends still living there. that place might as well be my fucking home.
WHY DOESN’T ANYONE GIVE A FUCK
HOW DOES THE ENTIRE WORLD LOOK AT KATRINA AND GO OH SHIT LET’S ALL HELP OUT, AND THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AND EVERYONE SITS AROUND PICKING THEIR FUCKING NOSE
my dad is somewhere in this fucking mess and i can’t find him and who knows what the FUCK happened to his cellphone but it doesn’t work i can’t call him i can’t find my brother in mexico df to ask him what the fuck and this is all a load of bullshit and i want to know what the fuck is going on NOW and i want people to fucking pay attention and listen
i was worried about my friends in louisiana and i donated to that and a lot of people from mexico went out of their way to donate to the red cross and supplies came in from mexico what the fuck is the usa doing right now about this? showing a little bit on fucking channel 7 news at 5 before talking about fucking britney spears
if i could get a plane ticket right now to go to mexico to try and do something i’d fucking do it
this is fucking sickening. i grew up in villahermosa. my dad still lives in villahermosa. my mother and i have dozens of friends still living there. that place might as well be my fucking home.
WHY DOESN’T ANYONE GIVE A FUCK
HOW DOES THE ENTIRE WORLD LOOK AT KATRINA AND GO OH SHIT LET’S ALL HELP OUT, AND THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AND EVERYONE SITS AROUND PICKING THEIR FUCKING NOSE
my dad is somewhere in this fucking mess and i can’t find him and who knows what the FUCK happened to his cellphone but it doesn’t work i can’t call him i can’t find my brother in mexico df to ask him what the fuck and this is all a load of bullshit and i want to know what the fuck is going on NOW and i want people to fucking pay attention and listen
i was worried about my friends in louisiana and i donated to that and a lot of people from mexico went out of their way to donate to the red cross and supplies came in from mexico what the fuck is the usa doing right now about this? showing a little bit on fucking channel 7 news at 5 before talking about fucking britney spears
if i could get a plane ticket right now to go to mexico to try and do something i’d fucking do it
Hay que ayudar es momento de hacerlo
Tabasco vive una emergencia en la que un 80 por ciento de su territorio permanece inundado
Les doy a conocer este sitio que tiene los centros de acopio y enlaces sobre lo que esta pasando
http://mx.ayudaurgente.org
si puede pasar la voz de este sitio y si tienes un sitio pon un enlace a este
y si tienes información sobre sitiosweb, blogs, relacionados a la tragedia, centros de acopio se los agradeceremos
gracias de antemano
Ulises M
info@ayudaurgente.org
MSN :ayudaurgente.org@hotmail.com