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awesomelies ([personal profile] awesomelies) wrote2010-01-17 06:56 pm
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Dumbest thing I've read this week

(on Twitter, re Haiti): "Screw logistics. Get these people help NOW."

Screw petrol! Start this car now!
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[identity profile] maga-dogg.livejournal.com 2010-01-17 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, the "screw logistics" approach worked out so very well for Katrina.

(The first thing you think about in this sort of situation is to ensure your rescue teams have a supply of food, water, sanitation and dry sleeping arrangements, because if you don't do this then every person you send in makes the situation worse).

[identity profile] cleodhna.livejournal.com 2010-01-17 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It must be a complete nightmare getting stuff on the ground, set up, to the people who need it and out of the hands of opportunistic thugs... I do not envy the people trying to coordinate this.
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