In the fog-covered town of Shuangli, corn farmer Zheng Xianlan said Sunday that she had rushed from the fields back to her home when the quake struck, and cried when she saw that the roof collapsed.
The evening after the disco- forum in Solola, as the fog drifting off Lake Atitlan enveloped the town of San Lucas Toliman, some 300 people gathered in a hangar-like hall to hear eight would-be mayors expound on their plans.