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 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 [...]  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 [...] Setting up clinic in a new place. People sweep (even dirt) & apologize constantly for rubble and disorder: http://tweetphoto.com/11761893 #  Mosquito netting 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 [...] The sun falls and it's a rush to get packed up. Heartbreak day – a 14 yr old girl trying to care for 2 tiny sick malnourished sibs alone. # Haiti update: people are so thirsty, you can't/shouldn't visibly drink water. We worked in a neighborhood that has seen very little care. # [...]  There’s something about the constant drone of a generator – the relentless, unremitting growl that hangs in the air. It’s like the smell and the dust and the fear of the rainy season, the way it creeps under your skin so quickly, and then sinks so deepely that you’re not even aware that you’re aware [...] First post from Haiti – http://su.pr/29MG0B #  Immediately after crossing from the DR into Haiti, you can see the visible downshift into a worse level of poverty. The major road around the lake is now, unbelievably after all these miles, dirt. Only an ankle-pile of rubble at the edge prevents flooding, making me wonder what will happen, in the rainy season, [...]  Airports are bland portals scattered across the world. It’s really when you step outside, walking down the cattle-chute ramp that’s lined with well-wishers and people holding up hand-written signs – it’s as you emerge, blinking into hot haze and the smell of moist, marinating diesel hits you, that’s when you know you’re somewhere else. [...] http://glympse.com/T1S-EA7 Heading out from SFO! # We've touched down in NY. Can I just say I'm too storklike to sleep in the origami coach position? Looking forward to COFFEE, then the DR! # http://glympse.com/G9E-EW9 At JFK in New York & the people-watching is good! # Wheeling dealing Enoch is even NOW, on the [...] |
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