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In rec.pets.cats.anecdotes Mary <crazyaboutfelines@yahoo.com> wrote:

I've heard 'Wine in, truth out' as a looser translation. That is, when
someone gets drunk, they'll tell you the truth.

This interpretation has caused some nasty fights - 'I really didn't mean
it!' 'Yes, you did, you were drunk, and everyone knows, wine in, truth
out!'

Some early reports from a professional emergency service list indicated
that several C-130s from various relief organizations arrived at an
Indonesian airport, to find only one working forklift truck.  Yes, there
were plenty of volunteers to do hand unloading, but that takes time and
defers the turnaround of the aircraft to get another load.

When certain US military units deploy to a base where they don't know
conditions, there are usually about five transports. They mix the loads
so the loss of one plane wouldn't break a critical chain, but typically
the loads include some heavy construction equipment capable of
clearing/expanding runways and other infrastructure, generators with
fuel, water purification and initial water, full communications
equipment, and command posts including computer support and status
boards for logistical tracking. In the case of a military deployment,
the first things to arrive don't go bang. This also applies to a
large-scale relief effort: you don't know if some infrastructure is
going to be there, so you bring it. It will be used.

The medical requirements also aren't as obvious as they might be. It's
more important to get in water purification, field hospital tents, mass
immunization, and infectious disease supplies than surgical teams. The
reality is that by the time the surgical teams get there, the critical
cases would be dead anyway.  The immediate needs are epidemic prevention.

Surgical teams, especially orthopedic, come in later waves, once they
have a place to work on the survivors.

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There is a writeup on DART on CBC's website ( www.cbc.ca )   As I understand
the unit, they are self sufficient ie. DESIGNED to go into places where the
infrastructure has been destroyed.  Please understand, I have a background
in Ski Patrol and Search & Rescue.  When a plane goes down or a skiier is
lost, we diddn't send a team of observers to 'consult' or 'asess the
situation' we loaded up our packs with survival gear and got our a.ses
moving!  Rapid response saved lives.  I wonder what your reaction would be
to an avalanche rescue team who spent a week asessing the snowpack before
looking for missing people?

Sorry, you misunderstood my context.  I was not referring to federal
employees as 'monkeys'... I was implying that a room full of chimps could
have asessed this situation & decided upon action faster than our sadly
bogged in red tape beurocracy has.  It ain't rocket science... it's people
dying for want of clean water & basic first aid to stop the spread of
infection.

....And you have done that quite effectively.  I belive in free speech, even
if I disagre with the opinions it generates... Cheers.

"The most effective form of opression known to man is a good
beaurocracy"-unknown