Yearly Archives: 2015
Costa Rica’s Fire Fighters in Action (Photos)
QCOSTARICA - It was minutes after 8:00am Thursday when the alarm was called, the second floor of a downtown building, above the ParagüerÃa Rego (umbrella store) on Avenida 4, was on fire.
On the second floor, a few metres (yeards) from a cuarteria (illegal rooming house where 50 people sleep, is...
No, There Was No Eartquake. No Emergency. It Was All A...
QCOSTARICA - "I came for some (medical) tests and I'm sitting here, waiting for the start of the simulation," Doña Eugenia Bremes, 76 years old, a resident of Los Guido (Desamparados) and who haS never before seen a drill of the like, told the television cameras.
"I came in to...
Could Cloud Seeding Solve Costa Rica’s Drought?
QCOSTARICA - Costa Rica is going through one of the worst droughts in history. Much less rain that normal has fallen in the Central Valley this year, in Liberia, Guancaste, it is going through the driest period since 1937.
Despite the rain of the last couple of days over the...