Remember Lindsay and Dav? Well they were hiking in Peru when the mudslides hit, leaving 2000 stranded in a small village! Here is an email from my mom :
I talked to Lindsay tonight and they are doing well. Our phone connection kept cutting out but we were able to talk for quite some time. The evacuation has been slow but it is getting there. About 475 of the 2000 tourists have been taken out. They started with pregnant women, families with young children, the ill, and elderly 60+... oh and a few others who paid their way out (I think there is a story there). IF the weather tomorrow allows the helicopters to fly all day, there should be another 800 or so evacuated (those in their 50's, then 40's etc...) SO Lindsay and Dav (in their 20's) will be several more days.
Dav was quick thinking at the very start and secured rooms at the hotel for the 40 persons in their group, they have beds, hot water and electricity (sometimes).
There is still some food in the village, restaurants are down to offering only spaghetti. the stores still have water, as well, the helicopters are bringing in supplies. By the river there have been large 'campfires' with people cooking large quantities of rice and beans that are being brought in and they are feeding hundreds.
The locals of course will be there for the long haul and have to protect what they have... Lindsay said they kept busy today by helping fill sandbags. I hope she is taking lots of pics... their blog will be very interesting!
I am so thankful I talked to her this evening... I had too many moments today of what could happen... it wasn't always good.
So I will sleep better tonight.
hugs and good night,
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Happy to report that Lindsay and Dav were evacuated early this morning and are now in Cusco.
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