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Sandi - 29 Apr 2005 15:25 GMT

La Prensa, one of the major daily newspapers for Honduras has reported
that ALL four airports in Honduras are closed due to haze caused by
massive forest fires. Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, and Roatan
have been closed since yesterday. They may open tomorrow if minimum
operationg conditions can be met. Anyone flying into San Pedro Sula
will be going to San Salvador, El Salvador. Please check with your
airline before heading to the airport.

The entire country is blanketed in an unbearable smokey haze. Hospital
emergency room visits have increased by 30-40% with most of the
increase due to respiratory problems. We cannot see the LOW hills
outside of town, let alone the mountains because of the smoke.

Sandi

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Steve - 29 Apr 2005 22:34 GMT

>They may open tomorrow if minimum
> operationg conditions can be met. Anyone flying into San Pedro Sula
> will be going to San Salvador, El Salvador.

What about the poor people who are supposed to fly out? Chilly and Rudy are going to
just hate it if they have to stay a bit longer.

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Sandi - 30 Apr 2005 02:24 GMT

> >They may open tomorrow if minimum
> > operationg conditions can be met. Anyone flying into San Pedro Sula
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>
> If you want a reply to reach me, remove the SPAMTRAP from the address.

Oh what a bummer...extra time on Roatan. But....the news tonight said
all inbound and outbound flights are grounded. International and
domestic.

Sandi

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chilly - 02 May 2005 03:49 GMT

> >They may open tomorrow if minimum
> > operationg conditions can be met. Anyone flying into San Pedro Sula
> > will be going to San Salvador, El Salvador.
>
> What about the poor people who are supposed to fly out? Chilly and Rudy are going to
> just hate it if they have to stay a bit longer.

I really had my fingers crossed. Unfortunately, the airport on Roatan did
not close; only the airport at San Pedro Sula. The last couple of days the
wind changed anyway. We had clear skies on Friday with no smell of burning
either. Saturday, the wind changed a bit again and the haze and the smell
was back but not wasn't as thick as it had been earlier in the week.
Another upside to the wind change on Friday was an increase in viz.
Fabulous dives.

Rudy has another week, AFAIK.

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Sandi - 03 May 2005 01:36 GMT

> > >They may open tomorrow if minimum
> > > operationg conditions can be met. Anyone flying into San Pedro Sula
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> Another upside to the wind change on Friday was an increase in viz.
> Fabulous dives.

It got better here late Friday and on Saturday morning. Saturday night
in Copan Ruinas wasn't bad - we could see stars and also three mountain
tops on fire! Sunday morning it was bad again and when I got back to
Siguatepeque, it was awful. I'm one step away from asthma puffers so I
don't go into bronchospasms We had some rain last night and it got rid
of the smokey smell but there still is thick haze and we can't see the
hills outside of town. Add to this the morons in town who are burning
their trash outside and it really isn't pleasant right now.

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ben bradlee - 03 May 2005 11:54 GMT

> It got better here late Friday and on Saturday morning. Saturday night
> in Copan Ruinas wasn't bad - we could see stars and also three mountain
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> hills outside of town. Add to this the morons in town who are burning
> their trash outside and it really isn't pleasant right now.

Oh the joy of living in a third-world country.

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