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Japan News (3/29)
Mar. 29th, 2011 09:58 pm3/29
Huh. One volunteer group has a mixed group of 18 to 73 year-olds, loaded on a bus and headed from Kobe to Tohoku to help. Their arrangement is that they bring their own supplies, work for four days, and live on the bus! And people are lining up for this. They did point out that the supplies are to include helmet, goggles, mask, neck towel, long-sleeved shirt, rubber gloves, ID badge... drat, I missed the rest. Boots? Also, the volunteers are paying for gas and food for their trip.
( bring your own shovel? )
I talked with someone today who reminded me that if there are about 250,000 in shelters, there's probably at least a million who are struggling to get along in their houses or other places. I'm not sure how you get a measure of this disaster -- the little individual stories are one thing, but fitting them together into a whole is puzzling.
Huh. One volunteer group has a mixed group of 18 to 73 year-olds, loaded on a bus and headed from Kobe to Tohoku to help. Their arrangement is that they bring their own supplies, work for four days, and live on the bus! And people are lining up for this. They did point out that the supplies are to include helmet, goggles, mask, neck towel, long-sleeved shirt, rubber gloves, ID badge... drat, I missed the rest. Boots? Also, the volunteers are paying for gas and food for their trip.
( bring your own shovel? )
I talked with someone today who reminded me that if there are about 250,000 in shelters, there's probably at least a million who are struggling to get along in their houses or other places. I'm not sure how you get a measure of this disaster -- the little individual stories are one thing, but fitting them together into a whole is puzzling.
