2009.10.01: October 1, 2009: Headlines: COS - Samoa: Safety: IndyStar: Peace Corps Volunteers Sara and Cale Reeves escaped any direct damage or pain from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Samoa
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2009.10.01: October 1, 2009: Headlines: COS - Samoa: Safety: IndyStar: Peace Corps Volunteers Sara and Cale Reeves escaped any direct damage or pain from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Samoa
Peace Corps Volunteers Sara and Cale Reeves escaped any direct damage or pain from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Samoa
The couple live on the northwest side of the island of Upolu and the tsunami hit on the southeast side of the island, Carusillo said Wednesday. Reeves recounted in her blog that she and her husband felt the earthquake and got out of their house, then managed to get a cab to higher ground after getting a warning from the Peace Corps about the tsunami. It all unfolded in about 15 minutes, she wrote.
Peace Corps Volunteers Sara and Cale Reeves escaped any direct damage or pain from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Samoa
Pike graduates survive tsunami
By Diana Penner
Posted: October 1, 2009
Caption: The scene of devastation in Pago Pago village, on American Samoa Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. A powerful quake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people back out to sea while leaving many dead and dozens missing. AP Photo/Ausage Fausia)
Sara and Cale Reeves, 1999 Pike High School graduates, are just fine -- they escaped any direct damage or pain from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Samoa on Tuesday.
But they have a tale to tell, and Sara is recounting the story daily on her blog.
The Reeves are near the end of their two-year Peace Corps odyssey on the South Pacific island. They arrived in August 2007 and are scheduled to return this December.
Sara's mother, Barb Carusillo, knew nothing of the deadly event until learning that her daughter and son-in-law were OK.
The couple live on the northwest side of the island of Upolu and the tsunami hit on the southeast side of the island, Carusillo said Wednesday. Reeves recounted in her blog that she and her husband felt the earthquake and got out of their house, then managed to get a cab to higher ground after getting a warning from the Peace Corps about the tsunami. It all unfolded in about 15 minutes, she wrote.
Another Peace Corps worker lost her home and everything in it, except one photo of her father. That worker apparently also lost her dog.
Carusillo and her husband, Tom Carusillo, visited the couple in May and felt small earthquakes on several occasions, but nothing close to what preceded the tsunami, she said.
Sara Reeves is continuing to blog about her experiences at http://seereeves.blogspot.com/.
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