Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2005/09

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Assistance for hurricane/flooding victims
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:25:49 -0400

danyel wrote:

>One of the African-American spokespersons (of the "Black Caucus") pointed
>out that the Israelis airlifted 40000 Yemenite Jews in 1948 from one day to
>the other; picture what kind of equipment they had back than and what
>infrastructure!
>
>

Presuming you have a place to land ... airplanes carry a hell of a lot
more people than helicopters, and have a greater range (just how do you
think you're going to refuel all those helicopters in a flooded airport?
A little water in the fuel to make your day?) DC3/C47s had a pretty good
passenger capacity and are (still, 70 years after their first flight
with hundreds still in service) renown for their reliability and range.
Ask any international drug running cartel ...

It was/is a logistical nightmare (whether or not it should have been
that bad is truly the question), and for the first few weeks of any
disaster money isn't the problem - access is. Spending money wisely is a
lot harder than it looks.

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