Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Earthquake 3 : photos

It takes ages to upload photos, but sometimes words are not enough....


Rusunyu School near Kamembe : typically older buildings like this were worst damaged, the newer ones around were nearly intact, with only a few loose bricks.


The nurses' quarters on Nkombo Island, just offshore in Lake Kivu. This took the biggest impact from the quake.


Nkanka church, where 13 people died as the belltower fell right at the main entrance.

2 comments:

delora said...

"sometimes words are not enough". Oh yes, the devastation is visible here. School, nurses' quarters... Were many other important buildings affected like that?

(The first two photos are quite large, and with a slow internet connection they must've really taken ages to upload! Do you know how to resize them? Making them a bit smaller would probably reduce the upload time.)

delora said...

"sometimes words are not enough". Oh yes, the devastation is visible here. School, nurses' quarters... Were many other important buildings affected like that?

(The first two photos are quite large, and with a slow internet connection they must've really taken ages to upload! Do you know how to resize them? Making them a bit smaller would probably reduce the upload time.)