Hurricane Felix

As many of you already know hurricane Felix passed through Honduras and other Central American countries in early September. Thank you for all of your e-mails to make sure the Agua Pura crew was doing alright. Luckily Santa Barbara was not hit too hard and no major damage was caused. It rained for about a day and a half, which is of course is a lot of rain, but nothing disastrous. The rivers rose substantially in Santa Barbara but not enough to do any damage.

This is what the river usually looks like...

This is what the river looked like after it stopped raining...

Hurricane Felix did affect Agua Pura in a few ways. First, it caused us to loose about two work days because of the rain, the truck just can’t make it to the remote villages because the roads get washed out. Second, it caused the water level of the Ulua River (where we get our sand from) to rise, so we had to find a new location on the banks of the river that wasn’t as affected by the flooding. Luckily, we found a new location and the new mix of sand seems to be working fine.