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Belizeans United In DFW supports...
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THE TEAM
A.Baeza
O. Burns
J. Burns
A. Campos
U. Campos
R. Cansino
H. Carter, Jr.
N. Carter
D. Castillo
G. Celiz
R. Celiz
O. Crawford
D.Flores
B. Guerra
S. Henry
E. Hernandez
H. Hernandez
E. Isaguirre
I. Marchand
L. Molina
D. Ritchie
J. Rojas
D. Vasquez
Coach: Heinrich "Rice" Carter
Assistant Coach: Glen Gotoy
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Team |
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11/2/2008 |
4:00 PM |
Club Real |
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Beltex FC |
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Note: Contact Amir Campos for game locations. Games
are played at either Fair Oaks Park or at Abrams & Whitehurst
behind the Elementary School.
**all games
played on Sundays |
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You may be wondering, who’s representing Belize?
Well, there are four athletes competing in the long jump, taekwando and the two and four hundred hurdles.
The Belize contingent consists of track field athletes Tricia Flores who resides in Belize,
Jonathon Williams who lives in California, Jason Jones who resides in Florida
and Alfonso Martinez who took a break from his studies in Taiwan to represent Belize in the 2008 Olympics.
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***FLOOD DISASTER IN BELIZE*** [updated:6/2/08]
FWD MSG:
view images of Southern Belize Flooding
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| As you probably might have heard on the
news, Belize experienced one of the worst flash floods in recent
history. Belize got a rough beginning of the 2008 hurricane season when
tropical storm Alma (coming off the Pacific) merged with tropical storm
Arthur (Atlantic) just off Belize, and dumped a deluge of water on all
six districts on Sunday night. While rains were not very heavy at the
start of the storm, they intensified on Sunday night, bringing
hurricane-type conditions that spawned a destructive tornado in Crooked
Tree, which residents claim they have never experienced before. The
worse hit was in the rural Stann Creek area, where seven persons lost
their lives. The Kendall Bridge vanished in the deluge of the flood and
large chunks of the Hummingbird Highway were wiped out. A double culvert
was washed away, leaving a 20 ft. gap in the Hummingbird Highway road
The most affected areas were the low-lying coastal villages of Gales
Point and Mullins River and the low-lying communities of Sarawee, Hope
Creek, Sittee River and Middlesex in Stann Creek, from where evacuees
had to be airlifted or transported by boat tosafety. The coastal road
that connects the Belize and Stann Creek Districts was, for the most
part, under water and massive flooding was reported on the Northern
Highway, particularly along the stretch between Orange Walk and Corozal.
Several boats (around 65) were reportedly submerged off Ambergis Caye.
By Monday p.m., hundreds of people were waiting for assistance - some
trapped on housetops, others in flooded homes and yet others in rising
waters. The Government of Belize, through the Coast Guard, the Police,
and the B.D.F. teamed up with BATSUB (British Army Training Support
Unit) to activate search and rescue missions and to evacuate flood
victims via boat and chopper. Agricultural lands were also under water -
citrus and shrimp farms in the south and rice and cane fields in the
north. The total damage assessment is not in as yet, but it is estimated
that it will take about ten million dollars to replace the bridge at
Kendall, which has cut off the Southern District from the rest of the
country. Relief efforts are being targeted at as many as 6,000 people,
many of whom are only left with the clothes on their backs, and major
infrastructural repairs will be needed down South. A few houses in
Belize City - in Port Loyola, Collet, Lake I and Belama were partially
destroyed, but nothing major. The Chief Met Officer reports that on the
Mopan River in Cayo, more rising waters are expected as rainfall in
Peten and North Guatemala continues to drift this way and flooding is
still expected to affect the Belize River area in the next day or so.
Anyhow, thank God that the loss of lives was not worse, though this is
no consolation for the families who lost loved ones. In one family, the
Ritchies, only the husband was left. His wife, daughter and son lost
their lives when their house was swept away with his family inside.
That's it, in a nutshell. Let us hope reconstruction can start soon and
that Belize has learned some lessons this time around. If you would like
to render assistance to this cause, you can send a cheque to Belize Red
Cross, P.O. Box 413, #1 Gabourel Lane, Belize City, Belize. |
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