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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Chile (and Haiti, and Katrina…): Preparedness lessons for you and me

February 27, 2010 – 12:07 pm

We’ve entered a new arena of horror – where our Richter scale, for the first time, doesn’t seem to reach high enough, and adjectives are crumbling under the impact. “Devastation” or “catastrophe”? None of the usual descriptors feel powerful enough.
So as punched-gut news of another urban area implosion reaches you today, this one from Chile, [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-26

February 26, 2010 – 3:25 pm

Haiti: at Stanford for Relief 2.0 conference. Great info on moving into more coordinated care- esp for vulnerable groups. #
Want to follow Haiti Relief 2.0 conference at Stanford re: health and use of social media? Hashtag: #KLF2HAITI #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-21

February 21, 2010 – 10:25 pm

Having a Haiti moment at JFK: there is apparently debris all over our runway (source?). We have to go around, on a bus, dragging our bags. #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-20

February 20, 2010 – 10:25 pm

live chat NOW! where we report LIVE from Haiti on our medical disaster relief trip – http://tinyurl.com/y8qr92g #

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Haiti Traveling

February 20, 2010 – 3:01 pm

How quickly we humans normalize even the most extreme scenario – as long as we see it over and over. By now, it seems perfectly normal for our fringed-draped bus to 4-wheel it over piles of rubble. We automatically get out and walk up the steep dirt-road hills of this large urban city while she [...]

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Haiti: Things Shift

February 20, 2010 – 3:57 am

Even the predawn day began a little differently. The shrill distant stadium cheers of hundreds of Haitian roosters sounded oddly synchronized, as though perhaps they were doing the wave. There were more dogs keeping the beat with incessant, rhythmic barking.
Dogs in Haiti are everywhere underfoot, seemingly ownerless. It is something of a shock, after all [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-19

February 19, 2010 – 3:25 pm

Live chat/webinar from Haiti with Doc Gurley and Dr. Enoch Choi – tonight at 8PM EST, 5PM PST – http://su.pr/9J9tu4 #
Setting up clinic in a new place. People sweep (even dirt) & apologize constantly for rubble and disorder: http://tweetphoto.com/11761893 #
We drive pass a mini-one-person market on the edge of the sidewalk with a tiny [...]

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Live Chat from Haiti – hopefully

February 19, 2010 – 8:38 am

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If all technical issues align correctly, Doc Gurley will be taking part in a live chat/webinar from Haiti TONIGHT at 8PM EST, 5PM Pacific Time along with Dr. Enoch Choi. The talk is organized by HCPLive. You will get the chance to ask questions as well as hear them talk about the challenges [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-18

February 18, 2010 – 3:25 pm

Setting up clinic in a new place. People sweep (even dirt) & apologize constantly for rubble and disorder: http://tweetphoto.com/11761893 #

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Haiti – Day Two

February 18, 2010 – 12:00 pm

After six hour of unaccustomed sleep, I awoke like a mad pirate, with one red eye, hair askew, lurching and croaking. While fearful in aspect to my teammates, my somewhat altered appearance had simple explanations. Despite my wearing glasses, concrete grit fell in my eye when I tried, unsuccessfully, to hammer a mosquito-net hook into [...]

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