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Archives For November 30, 1999
Just what it says…General
Imagine:
Right now, right where you are…
Sitting under a plastic tarp…
A terrible downpour…
You’re wet. Your family is wet…
The little that you have is wet…
…and that tarp is your shelter for the next few months.
That is the shelter that is proposed until May 1st for about 250,000 Haitians. I don’t know about you, but that just seems wrong.
From an MSNBC article:
Haiti’s homeless get tarps, want tents
Aid agencies tell quake refugees they’ll need to get by with plastic sheets
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Instead the officials are mobilizing a plan they call the “shelter surge:”
– By May 1, one plastic tarp will be given to each of about 250,000 displaced families.
– Transitional shelters of 194 square feet, with corrugated iron roofs, will then be built.
– Shelters will have earthquake- and storm-resistant frames of timber or steel and are supposed to last for three years.
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[Further details on this YouTube video.]
I’m sure there may be a logistic rationale for this, in reading several other articles, the general consensus of relief organizations is that tents take up too much room, but still – a tarp for someone who lost everything they owned? And for upwards of three to four months?
It blows my mind…I’m sure it does yours as well.
Among the Tweeps I interact with on Twitter, Friday (January 15) was proclaimed 50 Picture day by Joshua White (@joshuawhite).
The images below were taken throughout my day – at home, work, wherever. In most cases, the caption below the image tells the story. I had fun taking them – hope they give you some semblance of what my January 15, 2009 was like.
If you click this link, you can see the Twitter hashtag traffic for #50pic Friday. Some of the newer entries have links for compiled, #50pic posts from those who participated. Check’em out!
BTW, next time this comes around…consider joining. It’s fun!
Dennis
So I started blogging this year. It was pretty interesting to actually write stuff down that I was thinking about, going through, or just blog about a song that hit me or a passage from my bible study. Anyway, these are the top five posts in number of views for 2009:
#5: Potato, potahto. Tomato, tomahto. Unforeseen, Sloppy Wet. [110 views]
My comments on David Crowder Band’s cover of John Mark Mcmillan’s How He Loves Us – where DCB changed a few lyrics.
#4: How Would Jesus Tell The Christmas Story [189 views]
I asked the question: How would Jesus tell the Christmas story…the story of His birth?
#3: Hello? Anybody home? Think, McFly. Think! [232 views]
A post about how we how we easily miss or don’t fully grasp how great God is sometimes. BTW, this post referenced Biff from the Back to the Future movie – which cracks me up every time someone gets referred to the blog post when they do a related Biff, George McFly, or Back to the Future internet search!
“Speak up for those who can’t speak for themselves; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
– Wisdom from King Lemuel’s mom (Proverbs 31:8-9)
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I’s basic: Water.
Yet, we often take it for granted. I know I do.
In fact, the average American uses 150 gallons of water a day.
Yep, it’s basic.
But:
- 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water. (That’s 1 in 6 people in the world).
- Those people often walk more than three hours each day to get water that is likely to make them sick.
- The average person in a developing nation struggles to find 5 gallons of water.
That’s flat out wrong.
One organization trying to address this is Charity: Water – a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations:
OK, so if that doesn’t bring it home, this should:
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Consider supporting Charity: Water. 100% of all contributions go to projects, not administrative costs.
It’s mind blowing, but $20 can give one person clean, safe drinking water for 20 years.
It’s basic: Water.
Let’s listen to King Lemuel’s mom…
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Statistics source: Charity: Water
The 50 Pics day begins!
Among the Tweeps I interact with on Twitter, Friday (May 22) was proclaimed 50 Picture day by Russ Hutto.
The images below were taken throughout my day – at home, work, wherever. In most cases, the caption below the image tells the story. In some cases, more info is provided by clicking on the photo (as annotated). I had fun taking them – hope they give you some semblance of what my May 22, 2009 was like.
(BTW, If you click on a photo, you’ll have to hit the back button to return to the main page…for some reason, there is no “return” link.)
Dennis
Every time I fly, I think of this video a friend shared on Facebook. BTW, I sat in the exit row and the seats in from of me didn’t recline…the people in from of me sounded just like him at 3:44!
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