[image source] It must be a relief to Gisborne residents that this Christmas they’re cleaning up mess, not counting their dead. In the Richter 6.8 quake that hit, not one single traumatic death or major injury has been reported. One… Read More ›
crisis
Those times we all hope will never happen, but they do
Why are those people staying in that toxic soup?
Some poor folks still hanging on in NOLA are telling rescuers they can’t get on the helicopter because they can’t afford a rescue ticket. (2nd item down) These people just don’t expect something for nothing – and they’ve got nothing…. Read More ›
Hurricane Katrina et al
My mate Phil has a long but excellent post on questions raised by Katrina. My thoughts in no especially coherent order: Much as I loathe and despise my current government, I do believe that any disaster that news crews can… Read More ›