Sad Day For Las Terrenas

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From:
Infos Diario # 735
23.5.2012


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RonS

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Excuse me, but is there not, an expat and a well-to-do Dominican condo and/or business owning community in LT, that just might be interested in making that community safe from, of all things, fire?! Why is having inadequate firefighting machinery sound outrageous and counter-intuitive to me? Oh well ...
 

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Excuse me, but is there not, an expat and a well-to-do Dominican condo and/or business owning community in LT, that just might be interested in making that community safe from, of all things, fire?! Why is having inadequate firefighting machinery sound outrageous and counter-intuitive to me? Oh well ...

It is human nature to ask questions after the horse has bolted from the stable.

The 16 entrepreneurs of the 'pueblo de pescadores' probably never thought of the fire hazard really although knowing that the local 'bomberos' and their truck were a joke.
Had they bought and maintained a motor pump they'd probably have saved a good number of businesses. The sea there is near, a few yards only...

Lack of solidarity, too much money to contribute for the pump purchase, ...?

Will they learn?


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belmont

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It is human nature to ask questions after the horse has bolted from the stable.

The 16 entrepreneurs of the 'pueblo de pescadores' probably never thought of the fire hazard really although knowing that the local 'bomberos' and their truck were a joke.
Had they bought and maintained a motor pump they'd probably have saved a good number of businesses. The sea there is near, a few yards only...

Lack of solidarity, too much money to contribute for the pump purchase, ...?

Will they learn?


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They won't learn until it hits home, either family members dying or huge numbers loosing their homes or livelihoods. The worse case scenario for the government is none of those. It is a tourist family perishing in a fire, which results in international bad press concerning Dominican building codes and fire protection. The economic loss due a downturn in tourism in a case like that would dwarf the cost of outfitting an effective firefighting service.
 

RonS

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They won't learn until it hits home, either family members dying or huge numbers loosing their homes or livelihoods. The worse case scenario for the government is none of those. It is a tourist family perishing in a fire, which results in international bad press concerning Dominican building codes and fire protection. The economic loss due a downturn in tourism in a case like that would dwarf the cost of outfitting an effective firefighting service.

Sadly, you are probably right.
 

Dolores1

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Speaking to a restaurant owner near the Pueblo de Pescadores, have learned that all believe it was an accident. Apparently what is believed is that the fire began at El Mosquito Bar, that was known to have electrical problems that needed fixing.

On the other hand was in Las Terrenas last weekend, 8,9, 10 June, and took these pictures of what people see ofthe Pueblo de Pescadores when driving along the Terrenas coastal road and what appears to be a start of construction.


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