Update #1010.
Dear Friends and supporters:
I just received this notice from Rene and thought I should pass it on to you. When he says 6 degrees in Santa Cruz, that is Celsius + which is very cold for Santa Cruz. When he mentions snow that is in the higher elevations.
Hello Gustavo brother I’m sending you the news of what is happening in Bolivia and Santa Cruz
This is happening in Argentina.
The polar cold wave that covered much of the snow country today resulted in twelve provinces, the climate phenomenon that forced to suspend activities and close routes for snow and low temperatures which continued for several days.
The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast that the cold air mass, which generated temperatures of up to 11 degrees below zero, tend to “give in the Patagonian region starting Sunday, while in central and northern Argentina thermal marks minus 5 degrees just begin to rise on Tuesday. (This is not in Santa Cruz)
This is what is happening in Bolivia in Santa Cruz on Monday, school started on Wednesday but were suspended by the intense cold that came and these are the reports of the newspapers with photos of what is happening in Bolivia
In the streets of downtown pedestrians are observed quite warm, while the drivers do not lower the glass door. It is estimated that tomorrow will be one of the coldest days of the year. In Santa Cruz, the weather will be 6 degrees Celsius minimum and 12 maximum.
On this day, there was a low of 10 degrees and expected a high of 12 degrees. Meteorology said that at the end of the day the temperature will drop considerably. The whole country, the harsh winter has caused the increase of people with flu and colds. A lot of those affected are children. The cold forced to suspend classes
The intense cold that plagues the capital Santa Cruz forced educational institutions to take measures to safeguard the health of schoolchildren. The nine degrees Celsius recorded in the early hours of yesterday morning caused many parents do not send their children to school, so educational units had to suspend classes.
According to forecasts AASANA Weather Service, in the coming days is expected at much lower temperatures than those of the past two years, it is predicted that the temperature dropped to 6+ degrees Celsius. Given this situation, the Departmental Education (seduction), under the Government, instructed to implement the expanded winter schedule, ie tolerance of up to an hour in the income classes (for the morning shift) and to leave for sick children.
A cold wave is sweeping the country and is going to worsen the weekend more extreme than in the lowlands the temperature was less than three degrees and the snow-covered summits, said project coordinator Risk Management Senamhi Felix Trujillo.
“An intense cold will occur this weekend in the Chaco, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba Tropics, north of La Paz and Beni, so that on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the temperature drop will continue.
The container load of Scripture Booklets is scheduled to leave at the end of July from World Missionary Press in Indianapolis, and should arrive in 2-3 weeks. Please pray for finances, freight and storage. This will be over 2,000,000 Scripture Booklets and New Testaments.
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