I should call this Part 1 since I’m here at WHO again, and I don’t know what the rest of the day holds yet. We got the server in a few minutes ago, but I can’t do anything at the office because their ancient generator is down… again.
I should tell you a little about power here in Geneina. Basically, there is city power… in theory. They turn it on around 3pm and turn it off around 11pm, if you’re lucky. If you want power outside of those hours, you have to provide your own. So all of the NGOs in town have their own generators. Some are big, some are little, some are new some are old.
WR has a new one on order, but in the mean time, this is what we’re using at the office. Those are open barrells of deisel with hoses running into them, by the way.
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Glad to see you are OK, we were worried. The imagination is an amazing thing! I imagined that you may have gotten in trouble for bending the rules using the Internet or were waylaid by some violence. I heard that they are quite strict and paranoid about photos and Internet stuff and blogging is discouraged by NGO’s for that reason. We are praying for you and the people of Darfur, I’ve been doing more to try to understand what is going on there and it seems very dire, I’m glad you are there to help out. We all love you and miss you. DAD
June 23rd, 2008
Talk about a dirty hack.
June 23rd, 2008
Dad: I had one of the staff here read my blog to make sure I wasn’t saying anything I’m not suppose to. So I’m good. As for the video, I’m VERY careful not to take any video of military anything. I’ve heard that’s a really bad idea. I also don’t take any video at all without asking.
Keep on praying, I can explain more about what’s going on here when I get back. Explaining it in my blog is one of the no-nos I’ve been told about.
June 23rd, 2008
Tynen: Everything here is a dirty hack. Seriously, you’d love it. Everything is surface-mount cables twisted together and taped, but in the heat, the tape falls off in a matter of weeks, so there’s exposed wires all over the place.
I should take some pictures of the crazy wiring jobs I’ve seen.
June 23rd, 2008
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