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Indlela umphakathi waseVieques, ePuerto Rico ochuma ngayo ngaphansi kweminyaka emithathu ngemva kokubhekana nesiphepho esibi kakhulu eminyakeni engu-89

NgoSepthemba 2017, umhlaba wabuka njengoba imiphakathi yeziqhingi kulo lonke elaseCaribbean ilwela hhayi eyodwa, kodwa iziphepho ezimbili zeSigaba 5; izindlela zabo ezigudla uLwandle lweCaribbean esikhathini esingamasonto amabili.

Isiphepho u-Irma safika kuqala, kwalandela iSiphepho uMaria. Zombili zicekele phansi inyakatho-mpumalanga yeCaribbean - ikakhulukazi iDominica, iSaint Croix nePuerto Rico. Namuhla uMaria ubhekwa njengenhlekelele yemvelo embi kunazo zonke emlandweni orekhodiwe owake wathinta lezo ziqhingi. Vieques, Puerto Rico waya IZINYANGA EZISISHIYAGALOMBILI ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwamandla athembekile, aphikelelayo. Ukuze sikubeke ngombono, amandla abuyiselwe okungenani kumakhasimende angu-95% phakathi nezinsuku ezingu-13 ze-Superstorm Sandy eNew York futhi phakathi nesonto elilodwa ngemva kweSiphepho i-Harvey e-Texas. I-Viequenses yahamba izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zonyaka ngaphandle kwekhono lokushisa izitofu zabo ngokuthembekile, ukukhanyisa amakhaya abo noma amandla emishini kagesi yanoma yiluphi uhlobo. Iningi lethu namuhla belingeke lazi ukuthi liphathwa kanjani ibhethri le-iPhone elifile, ingasaphathwa yokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukudla nemithi bekutholakala kithi. Njengoba umphakathi wawufuna ukwakha kabusha, ukuzamazama komhlaba okuyisilinganiso esingu-6.4 kwagadla ePuerto Rico ngoJanuwari 2020. Futhi ngoMashi, umhlaba waqala ukubhekana nobhadane lomhlaba wonke. 

Ngakho konke okuye kwathinta isiqhingi sase-Vieques eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ungase ucabange ukuthi umoya womphakathi uzophulwa. Nokho, kokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu, kuye kwaqina kuphela. Kulapha phakathi kwamahhashi asendle, izimfudu zasolwandle eziklabayo kanye nokushona kwelanga okukhazimulayo okusawolintshi. umphakathi wabaholi abanohlonze, ukwakha izizukulwane zabalondolozi bemvelo esikhathini esizayo.

Ngezindlela eziningi, akufanele simangale. Ama-Viequense abasindile - iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-60 yokulawulwa kwezempi nokuhlolwa kwezikhali, iziphepho ezivamile, izikhathi ezinwetshiwe zemvula encane noma engekho, ukuthutha okungenamsoco futhi asikho isibhedlela noma izikhungo zezempilo ezanele bekuyinto evamile. Futhi nakuba i-Vieques ingenye yezindawo ezimpofu kakhulu futhi ezingatshaliwe kancane ePuerto Rico, futhi inamanye amabhishi amahle kakhulu e-Caribbean, imibhede yotshani yasolwandle ebanzi, amahlathi omhlume kanye nezitshalo nezilwane ezisengozini. Kusekhaya futhi I-Bahía Bioluminiscente - indawo egqame kakhulu ye-bioluminescent bay emhlabeni, kanti kwabanye iyisimangaliso sesishiyagalombili somhlaba.  

Imihlume evikelayo kanye notshani basolwandle kwacekelwa phansi phakathi neSiphepho uMaria, okwashiya izindawo ezinkulu ezivame ukuguguleka. Imihlume ezungezile ye-Bay isiza ekuvikeleni ibhalansi ethambile evumela into ephilayo ebhekene nalokhu kukhanya okukhazimulayo - okubizwa ngokuthi ama-dinoflagellates noma I-Pyrodinium bahamense - ukuze uphumelele. Ukuguguleka komhlabathi, ukucekelwa phansi komhlume kanye nokushintsha kwesimo semvelo kwakusho ukuthi lawa ma-dinoflagellate angaphonswa olwandle. Ngaphandle kokungenelela, iBay yayisengozini “yokuba mnyama” futhi nayo, hhayi nje indawo ebabazekayo, kodwa isiko nomnotho wonke oncike kuyo.

Ngenkathi idonsa ku-ecotourism, ama-bioluminescent dinoflagellate nawo asebenza indima ebalulekile yezemvelo. Ziyizinto eziphilayo zasolwandle ezincane eziwuhlobo lwe-plankton, noma izinto eziphilayo ezithwalwa amagagasi nemisinga. Njenge-phytoplankton, ama-dinoflagellate angabakhiqizi abakhulu abahlinzeka ngamanani amakhulu wamandla ukuze bathole isisekelo sewebhu yokudla olwandle.

Kule minyaka embalwa edlule ngeqhaza lami e-The Ocean Foundation, ngizithole nginenhlanhla yokusebenza nalo mphakathi. Umfana wasogwadule wase-Arizona, bengifunda izimanga kuphela umuntu wasesiqhingini ongafundisa. Lapho sihlanganyela ngokwengeziwe, kulapho ngibona nakakhulu ukuthi i-Vieques Trust akuyona nje inhlangano yokonga, kodwa the inhlangano yomphakathi enesibopho sokusiza cishe zonke izakhamuzi ezilinganiselwa ku-9,300 ezihlala esiqhingini ngandlela thize. Uma uhlala e-Vieques, ubazi kahle abasebenzi babo nabafundi. Cishe unikele ngemali, izimpahla noma isikhathi sakho. Futhi uma unenkinga, kungenzeka ukuthi ubafonele kuqala.

Cishe iminyaka emithathu, i-Ocean Foundation isebenze esiqhingini iphendula uMaria. Sikwazile ukuthola ukwesekwa okubalulekile kubanikeli abangabodwana kanye nompetha ababalulekile e-JetBlue Airways, Columbia Sportswear, Rockefeller Capital Management, 11th Hour Racing kanye ne-New York Community Trust. Ngemva kokungenelela okusheshayo, safuna ukwesekwa okubanzi ukuze kubuyiselwe okwengeziwe, kuvunyelwe futhi kuhlelelwe izinhlelo zemfundo yentsha yendawo ngekhonsathi nozakwethu e-Vieques Trust. Kwakukulokho senza sathola inhlanhla engenakwenzeka yokuhlangana AMAHLE/IZINTO.

IZINDABA ezakhiwe eminyakeni emithathu edlule ngenhloso yokuxhasa abantu, iplanethi nezilwane. Into yokuqala esiyiqaphelayo kwakuwukuqonda kwabo okuhlukile kwempambana-mgwaqo okufanele ibe khona ekunikeleni. Ngalo mgomo ofanayo wokutshala imali kumathuluzi emvelo okubhekana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu - kuyilapho futhi kusekela imiphakathi yendawo njengamandla ashukumisayo oshintsho - ukuxhumana ne-Vieques Trust kanye nokulondolozwa kweMosquito Bay kwaba sobala kithi sonke. Isihluthulelo kwakuwukwenza nokuxoxa indaba ukuze abanye bayiqonde.

Bekungaba kuhle ngokwanele ukuthi i-WELL/BEINGS isekele iphrojekthi ngokwezimali - ngibe nokuthuthuka isikhathi esingaphezu kweshumi leminyaka futhi lokho kuvame ukujwayelekile. Kodwa lesi sikhathi besihlukile: I-WELL/BEINGS ayigcinanga nje ngokubandakanyeka okwengeziwe ekuhlonzeni izindlela ezengeziwe zokweseka ozakwethu, kodwa abasunguli banqume ukuthi kufanele ukuvakashelwa ukuze baqonde izidingo zendawo ezivela emphakathini mathupha. Sonke sinqume ukwenza ifilimu futhi sibhale umsebenzi omangalisayo i-Vieques Trust eyenzayo ukuze kugcinwe i-Bay, ukuze sibonise indawo ekhanyayo evela emphakathini enendaba okufanele ixoxelwe. Ngaphandle kwalokho, kunezinto ezimbi kakhulu okumelwe uzenze ngempilo yakho njengoba siphuma kubhubhane lomhlaba wonke kunokuchitha izinsuku ezinhlanu kwenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni.

Ngemva kokuvakashela i-Vieques Trust kanye nezinhlelo zabo zokufundisa zomphakathi nentsha ezibonakala zingapheli, saphuma saya e-Bay ukuze sizibonele umsebenzi kanye ne-bioluminescence. Ukuhamba kancane emgwaqeni owubhuqu kwasiholela emaphethelweni eBay. Safika endaweni evulekile engamamitha angu-20 futhi sabingelelwa abaqondisi bokuvakasha abanekhono abahlome ngokugcwele ngamabhantshi okuphila, amalambu angaphambili nokumomotheka okukhulu.

E-Bay, izinhlansi ze-bioluminescent zadansa njengokhanyikhanyi abancane ngaphansi kwe-kayak yethu ecwebile njengoba sigwedla siphumela ebumnyameni. Lapho sigwedla ngokushesha, zadansa nakakhulu futhi kungazelelwe kwaba nezinkanyezi phezulu nezinkanyezi ngaphansi — umlingo wawugijima usizungezile macala onke. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwaba isikhumbuzo salokho esikusebenzelayo ukuze sikulondoloze futhi sikunakekele, ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ngamunye wethu ekudlaleni indima yethu ngendlela efanele futhi nokho - ukuthi sincane kangakanani uma siqhathaniswa namandla nemfihlakalo yemvelo kamama.

Amatheku e-Bioluminescent ayivelakancane kakhulu namuhla. Nakuba inani eliqondile liphikisana kakhulu, kuyamukelwa kakhulu ukuthi bangaphansi kweshumi nambili emhlabeni wonke. Futhi nokho iPuerto Rico iyikhaya labathathu babo. Babengeyona njalo eyivelakancane; Amarekhodi esayensi akhombisa ukuthi kwakuke kwaba nokunye okuningi ngaphambi kokuba ukuthuthukiswa okusha kuguqule indawo kanye nemvelo ezungezile.

Kodwa e-Vieques, i-Bay ikhanya ngokukhanyayo njalo ebusuku futhi ungabona ngokoqobo futhi uzizwe iqine kangakanani le ndawo. Kulapha, nozakwethu be-Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust, lapho sikhunjuzwe ukuthi kuzohlala kunjalo kuphela uma sithatha izinyathelo ezihlangene zokuyivikela..