Rolando and Carlos Mario along with a crew of volunteers, bought what they could this morning and distributed it, but in comparison with the thousands of people in the shelters, it was a drop in the bucket. We have about 600-700 people in the Instituto SanJose , there are over 1,000 in Notre Dame, and all the churches and parish halls that are not flooded are jammed. With one exception, no Jesuit has seen a single soldier. My conclusion is that they have all been assigned to television crews, because they are all over the TV news. Today, too, you could see that the fear and panic which people had been holding in check began to be released at bit.
Crazy rumors float around.
I wasn't here for Hurricane Fifi in 1974, but it is the universal opinion of everyone who was here that this is far worse. We are all well, just a little thirsty. 1 Today had an incredible feeling of normalcy compared to the last few days. The impression of normalcy was contradicted by the clothes hanging to dry between the posts, and the accumulated stuff that people managed to save piled up along the corridor in front of the classrooms. People from the camps started arriving in the late afternoon and continue to come right now.