Disaster Prep: UR DOIN IT RITE

[koga]

"I've been here since Thursday. No one except the Israeli hospital has taken any of our patients," she told CNN's Elizabeth Cohen

Comments

[kest]

I've been following Doctors Without Borders on facebook...their inflatable hospital got delayed - turned away from the airport due to no obvious reason - but apparently it is set up now. I think a lot of the problems stem from trying to get resources in with limited capacity to accept them - the airport is swamped, the docks are damaged, etc.

[koga]

This is the problem with an Island Nation. There is no way to get things in other than air, and that airport only has so much capacity.

Even with the US Military running things (The people who brought you the Berlin Airlift), it is still only one runway, and enough space to have about 40 planes on the ground at any one time.

[dicedork]

You know, I've read enough of Ryan H's posts to know that "even with the US Military running things" should probably read "Despite the fact that..." ;-)

[koga]

HAH!

[tigremere]

The Israelis can get things going because they are used to kicking asses and taking names later.

[koga]

Yeah. Fighting for your life from literal day 1 does that to you.