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Discovering Costa Rica
After the earthquake:
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Look for injured and trapped people
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Do not move injured people unless they are in immediate danger
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Check water and electric lines. If you think they could be damaged, disconnect the
service
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Do not use your vehicle unless it is for an emergency
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Be prepared for aftershocks and be very careful if you enter faulted buildings because
they could collapse with other tremors
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Do not use the phone unless it is for an emergency
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Tune your radio to listen to instructions from the authorities
Time
Local Time Zone
Costa Rica’s time zone coincides with Central Standard Time Zone (GMT-6). Costa Rica does
not observe Daylight Savings Time.
Telling Time
Costa Rica generally uses the 12-hour clock rather than the 24-hour clock, or military time.
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To ask for the time:
¿Qué hora es?
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To tell the time:
Son las __ y __,
where the first blank is the hour and the second is the
minutes