August 9, 2015
Thanks to all for my birthday
greetings, I was here in Guam with power and water, very thankful but thinking
about my people in Saipan.
A week after the disaster the people
are getting very tired. While trying to get some work done, all are
thinking about securing water, where to shower, what to eat, toilet and long
hot dark nights. Bam declared a state of emergency but as usual FEMA is
slow to respond. The US Military was quick and doing a great job.
People of Guam are coming together and showing a lot of support. Report
this morning was the Seabees got one power plant working and power going to the
hospital. Generator at some water wells and water flowing slowly to the
southern villages. Central area where we are still has no water.
I’ve got a 50K tank full of water so the showers we set up are very busy with
my workers, rain water is refilling the tank. Our relief supplies arrived
and will be distributed today. I’ll be going there tomorrow with more
supplies.
All generators got sold out real quick
on Guam, tried to get Japan to send several portable gensets but what a
complicated ordeal, first they said airlines would not transport them, then
they’re worried about EPA compliance, then not immediately available, now it’s
O-Bon all week and no one around. For a modern nation, they still don’t
get it. (日本が近代国家であるが、彼らはまだそれを得ることはありません)。To say the least, I’m very disappointed, we’ll try again
today. A small 6000w genset at my staff house would at least give us
lights, some fans, ref. and water pump for the shower & toilet.
So aside from all that, I had a quiet
peaceful birthday.
tom (class of '76)
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