Maya - Hurricane

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070823/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather_maya

I came across this story today.  Prayers for all the people in the hurricane path.  And to the Peruvians caught in the Earthquake. 

UH-MAY, Mexico - Thousands of Mayan Indians lost homes as Hurricane Dean blew through the Yucatan peninsula, but their real wealth was the trees, now scattered and broken in the storm's wake. Village after village is carpeted with fallen mangoes, oranges, guanabanas and mameys that will never be harvested.

The Mayan residents — some of the hardest hit by Hurricane Dean — had simple requests for aid: a few sheets of roofing, drinking water, some food to help them get by now that their harvest has been destroyed.

Full article at

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070823/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather_maya

Kurt