Power of Water
Blog 2/16
This morning we had another aftershock. Instead of the rolling motion, this one had a sharp jolt. It was over quickly and there didn’t seem to be any commotion outside.
On arriving at the Internet café this morning we were surprised to see “customers” waiting outside our tent waiting to check their emails. (Hmmm, looks like we need some benches, huh?) The gentleman is a surgeon from the northwest who came to help local doctors deal with medical needs. Many hospitals and clinics have been destroyed or damaged and according to this doctor, many medical personnel were lost. Sadly, in tsunami hit hospitals, many patients were swept away.
The picture below shows the mind-boggling power of water. This is actually the second story of a house whose foundation is about 100 feet away! The tsunami must have taken out the bottom floor and carried this concrete and steel structure away and it settled on the road.
The graffiti on the back wall in Indonesian and Arabic says “Yes God, we repent”.
We now have a new car and driver and we didn’t have to ride motorcycles and Becaks to “work”. (It was kinda’ fun though - sorry Pattie.) The car has air conditioning vents for the back seats and they are much appreciated on the way home after packing up the computers and VoIP phones, closing up the tent and packing the car.
This morning we had another aftershock. Instead of the rolling motion, this one had a sharp jolt. It was over quickly and there didn’t seem to be any commotion outside.
On arriving at the Internet café this morning we were surprised to see “customers” waiting outside our tent waiting to check their emails. (Hmmm, looks like we need some benches, huh?) The gentleman is a surgeon from the northwest who came to help local doctors deal with medical needs. Many hospitals and clinics have been destroyed or damaged and according to this doctor, many medical personnel were lost. Sadly, in tsunami hit hospitals, many patients were swept away.
The picture below shows the mind-boggling power of water. This is actually the second story of a house whose foundation is about 100 feet away! The tsunami must have taken out the bottom floor and carried this concrete and steel structure away and it settled on the road.
The graffiti on the back wall in Indonesian and Arabic says “Yes God, we repent”.
We now have a new car and driver and we didn’t have to ride motorcycles and Becaks to “work”. (It was kinda’ fun though - sorry Pattie.) The car has air conditioning vents for the back seats and they are much appreciated on the way home after packing up the computers and VoIP phones, closing up the tent and packing the car.
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