Hṛdayānanda: . . . there are more, probably at least a hundred thousand, and at least, maybe three hundred thousand, their home was destroyed. Small country, just . . .
Prabhupāda: Hmm.
Hṛdayānanda: In my zone there are many countries that are always being hit by earthquakes, tidal waves, floods, repeatedly.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So, what is to be done?
Hṛdayānanda: We'll go afterwards and preach there.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Hṛdayānanda: We will go afterwards and preach there. There is another country right next to it . . .
Prabhupāda: Tell them that if you take to Hare Kṛṣṇa, then these things will not happen. Tell them.
Hṛdayānanda: Yes. In Caracas, where you visited, about less then ten years ago there was a big earthquake and many big skyscrapers fell into the earth, completely disappeared.
Prabhupāda: Oh?
Hṛdayānanda: The whole skyscraper just fell into the earth, gone. That was in Caracas. They said that after that people became more pious. During the earthquake they were screaming to God, "Have mercy, have mercy."
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Hṛdayānanda: Another country, Nicaragua, just a few years ago there was a big earthquake, and the capital city was entirely destroyed. It was all gone, the entire capital.