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note They are evacuating Trevelin and Esquel too.  It takes around 10 years... New

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Re: note Futaleafu Relief info and more bad news hugeh2o New
Date: May 07 2008, 19:34 GMT
From: matias

... or more for the land to refertilize after the volcanic ashes.
I will pass the word. about the fund.
Very sad for the people that lives there.
What also sucks is that the gold mining companies (the usa-canadian Meridian Gold in Esquel and another one close to the Futa, close to the Espolon lake,that  was getting ready to attack and contaminate all that area) and Endesa with  the damming of the Futa might get a lot of benefits with this natural disaster.

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note seems like active volcanos and big dams wouldn't mix well... ClayW New
note there are a lot of active volcanos in the Andes, that is no stop for dams. The excuse not to build the dam  in the Futa matias New
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