Sunday, April 18, 2010
...Maybe not
So the hope of sleep was a little premature. After getting the team off at 7 this morning (started from 430AM), I worked on coordinating with some of the Sichuan earthquake (last year) folks to get two 10,000 gallon per day (GPD) water purifiers. They'll be arriving at the airport in the morning with two guys to accompany, setup, and maintain the equipment. We'll meet them with a truck, load the purifiers, add three 25 square meter winter tents, 20 18-liter jugs of water for immediate use, a week's worth of medical supplies, and a week's worth of foodstuffs. Contacted a friend in town to receive more leftover supplies from the Sichuan relief effort, so should have loads of water purification systems, tents, supplies, etc. I took a short nap from 7 to 8 PM, and am now at a friend's kitchen table with my Environmental Health Engineering textbook (thanks Dr Nance) trying to look into options for latrines and water distribution, but really catching up on loads of emails and phone calls. Hoping to get to bed by midnight if possible, as we still need to do the shopping for the above mentioned supplies tomorrow morning.