while the leaves are still on the trees, snow has been cancelled. 180 people were evacuated by helicopters from Copalco by helicopters. Thereafter said 15 ft of snow there. April 15 Barlocho. Every morning so far the temp has been 1°. Want to see students getting in the afternoon, good weather. April 16 Started to rain before dawn, then turned to snow at dawn. Packed 3 to 4 inches deep by 10 o'clock. We drove to to Puerto Sandoval to get the boat to Puerto Bello. Stock trucks, 2 buses in ditch and a couple of cars. Arrived at 11 but trip was cancelled. Took photos around gloo-gloo, numerous broken limbs from sticky snow (including coidus). Snow turned to rain about 11:30, returned to Barlocho in slush. Several people have told me that they don't remember snow in April; we have had two 3+-inch falls in 1 week, NEIL Want to see Don Diego Neal in the afternoon. He was born 1900 in [illegible] Nahual Heights. His father led a troop of mules and bought supplies from Chilo to the only store in Barlocho. Originally, the store was the only thing in Barlocho, it supplied settlers in the region. Gradually, the families of Chilon workers settled around the store to form the village of Barlocho. When Don Diego was "about 5 years old", his father dug a ditch around the house and filled it with water to keep the rats out [=1905+]. When asked about the last flowering of the bamboo, he said definitely 1940. Later, he said that the event was spread over 3 years; that some bamboos flowered in 1939, and that things did not return to normal until