U.S. Embassy issues information about earthquake.
Subject: Message about January 8 earthquake from US Embassy
The Embassy alerts Americans traveling or living in Costa Rica that Costa Rica continues to experience numerous aftershocks from the January 8th earthquake. The Embassy encourages all American citizens in Costa Rica to contact their families and friends to update them on their welfare and whereabouts.
Most areas of Costa Rica have been unaffected by the earthquake, but the Embassy strongly cautions Americans to delay travel to the areas that were hardest hit which include Poas volcano and the La Paz Waterfall Gardens near the community of Vara Blanca. Approximately 300 tourists, including several dozen Americans, were stranded overnight in that area. Costa Rican authorities expect to extract all of the stranded tourists by January 9.
The Embassy has been in constant contact with local authorities and has not received any reports of any American deaths or missing Americans. A few Americans were reported injured by falling debris, but none seriously. The Embassy encourages any affected American citizen to contact the US Embassy as soon as possible. The Embassy is located in Pavas, a suburb of San Jose; telephone 506-2519-2000 during business hours (8am to 4:30pm), or 506-8863-4985 for after-hours emergencies; fax 506-2519-2099; internet website
http://sanjose. usembassy. gov . The Consular Section is open for all American Citizen Services from 8AM to 11:30AM weekdays, excluding US and some Costa holidays. The Embassy has been inundated with inquiries about Americans traveling in Costa Rica. Without specific information as to where an individual is staying (the name of hotel and the city in which it is located), it is very difficult to locate any tourist that has not checked in with his/her family. The more information that can be provided about an individual the easier it will be to track them down.
American citizens in the US may call toll-free 888-407-4747 to inquire on the whereabouts and welfare of travelers in Costa Rica. Although Costa Rica is a geographically small country (about the size of West Virginia) many tourist sites are located in isolated locations, and mobile telephone service in those areas is often sporadic. The Embassy also suggests that individuals who are worried about their American citizen family members or friends, who are in Costa Rica, should continue to attempt to contact them directly via e-mail or telephone.
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Pura Vida 
CR must not have much worth to the U.S. $50,000 in aid is a slap in CR's face. 
I don't think I could hate my government more than I do now. 
They gave more aid to Haiti when the hurricane's hit and its not even a free country. 
I'm almost embarrast to say I'm from the U.S. 
If it wasn't for my business I'd be there right now helping the Red Cross. When Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida I was there for 2 weeks moving supplies and clearing roads.
