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Villa La Angostura Rely On Tourism
Alfieri, who was among the first support team that came 12 days after the Puyehue become active and is currently, conducting a second relief mission, told the BBC that another major factor affecting the premises was uncertainty, lack of information about what was happening.
“Most people had never experienced a volcanic eruption and there was great fear that there might be an earthquake or other disaster,” he said.
Therefore, one of the first tasks of his team was to inform people about the volcano and what can be expected.
Now, more than a month after the first outbreak no longer exists the same fear of the unknown, but uncertainty remains by another concern: how long ash fall?
The lack of a clear answer to this mystery means that many suffer from anxiety and worry about the future.
According to Father Warnock, the most affected are those with fewer resources, they do not have the means to survive a long period of inactivity.
“Villa La Angostura depends on tourism and the ashes everything is paralyzed,” he told the BBC the priest.
“In addition, more affluent class people, who are usually employed to the least, left the city,” he said.