Filosofia

Tabasco was subject to heavy rain in late October and early November 2007, causing widespread flooding. As much as 80% of the state was under water. Atleast 20,000 people were forced to leave their houses in the search of emergency shelter. Over 1,000,000 residents have been affected.

The 2007 Tabascoflood not only destroyed many family houses and took away people’s belongings, but also affected theaters, libraries, artistic schools and museums. One ofthe buildings

affected was the house of the poet Carlos Pellicer Cámara, which ended up under the water. The house where the poet lived his childhoodis located in Narciso Sáenz 203, in the center of Villahermosa, Tabasco. Another historical house affected is located at 620 Calle Lerdo de Tejada, inVillahermosa, close to Carlos Pellicer’s house. The house once was occupied by José Gorostiza, the author of the ‘’Muerte sin fin’’ poem, his brother, thedramatist Celestino Gorostiza, and the man of letters

The 2007 Tabasco flood occurred in late October and early November 2007 in the Mexican states ofTabasco and Chiapas, in which as much as 80% of the former was left under water.[1] At least 20,000 people were forced to seek emergency shelter. Over1,000,000 residents were affected.

The Tabasco floods caused largely by the sinking of the land over the last century. The constant extraction ofpetroleum and gas, the construction of dams in the zone, the erosion of land and deforestation have all contributed toward making this region more flood-prone.