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(OT) Disaster Relief... Attention Canadians
To all Canadians:
The Canadian military has a unit known as D.A.R.T. (Disaster Assistance Response Team). As the name suggests, they are a rapid deployment group with: Doctors, SAR Techs, water purification teams, mobile kitchens & shelters. In short, everything that SE Asia currently needs. They are still on the ground in Canada, while Our Minister of National Defence, Bill Graham sends observers to the affected area to 'asses the situation'. Hmmm, thousands will die from drinking contaminated water, we have water purification teams ready to go.... You can see how this would be a complex decision for him... :-( I URGE all Canadians to e-mail Mr. Graham ( ) And ask him why the D.A.R.T. unit is still cooling it's heels in Canada. Mabey if we light a big enough fire under his ASS, he'll let them go do what they're trained & ready to do. Thanks -- Mathew En Vino Veritas |
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Mathew Kagis wrote: To all Canadians: The Canadian military has a unit known as D.A.R.T. (Disaster Assistance Response Team). As the name suggests, they are a rapid deployment group with: Doctors, SAR Techs, water purification teams, mobile kitchens & shelters. In short, everything that SE Asia currently needs. They are still on the ground in Canada, while Our Minister of National Defence, Bill Graham sends observers to the affected area to 'asses the situation'. Hmmm, thousands will die from drinking contaminated water, we have water purification teams ready to go.... You can see how this would be a complex decision for him... :-( I URGE all Canadians to e-mail Mr. Graham ( ) And ask him why the D.A.R.T. unit is still cooling it's heels in Canada. Mabey if we light a big enough fire under his ASS, he'll let them go do what they're trained & ready to do. Thanks -- Mathew En Vino Veritas |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "Susan M" smawdsley remove @shaw.ca wrote in message news:4agBd.652103$%k.412827@pd7tw2no... Yes - I heard him on the news. Said they wanted to be asked or some such thing. That it was an "elite" force not suitable for all circumstances. 125,000 dead people and massive devastation doesn't seem to be an appropriate use? I suspect that we don't have the planes to fly them over. I am concentrating my donations on NGO's. Susan M Otis and Chester Yep, I suspect it's the planes. We usually have to charter planes or rely on the Americans to get our cargo anywhere. Sad. ..... Apparenty you are right. A Co-worker told me, that he saw a little news blurb on it on CBC. Our 'rapid deployment' team, requires Russian Anitolov aircraft to move them around... Bloody Typical. Anyway, please still e-mail our Defence Minister, bug him about why our 'rapid' deployment team, can't rapidly deploy itself... & Give generously to the NGO of your choice.... -- Mathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas |
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It's difficult for a xenophobic Brit like myself to say this, but http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4138763.stm - Thank you USA, you have risen to the challenge. I salute you. -- Z 51° 37' 23" N, 3° 56' 27" W |
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"Zythophile" wrote in message ... It's difficult for a xenophobic Brit like myself to say this, but http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4138763.stm - Thank you USA, you have risen to the challenge. I salute you. -- Z 51° 37' 23" N, 3° 56' 27" W Z-- Every now and then we do something right. Thanks for acknowledging it. (I am not one of those simpering softies but I actually boo-hooed out of the blue today watching a CNN report about the tsunami. It is too horrible, too tragic to really grasp.) |
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"Susan M" smawdsley remove @shaw.ca wrote in message news:4agBd.652103$%k.412827@pd7tw2no... Yes - I heard him on the news. Said they wanted to be asked or some such thing. That it was an "elite" force not suitable for all circumstances. 125,000 dead people and massive devastation doesn't seem to be an appropriate use? I suspect that we don't have the planes to fly them over. I am concentrating my donations on NGO's. Susan M Otis and Chester Canada has no aeroplanes??? I think not. Try harder, I say. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Susan M" smawdsley remove @shaw.ca wrote in message news:4agBd.652103$%k.412827@pd7tw2no... Yes - I heard him on the news. Said they wanted to be asked or some such thing. That it was an "elite" force not suitable for all circumstances. 125,000 dead people and massive devastation doesn't seem to be an appropriate use? I suspect that we don't have the planes to fly them over. I am concentrating my donations on NGO's. Susan M Otis and Chester Canada has no aeroplanes??? I think not. Try harder, I say. Tweed The rubber band has broken and we're still waiting for the replacement. But we don't want any UK rubbers, after the sub incident. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Susan M" smawdsley remove @shaw.ca wrote in message news:4agBd.652103$%k.412827@pd7tw2no... Yes - I heard him on the news. Said they wanted to be asked or some such thing. That it was an "elite" force not suitable for all circumstances. 125,000 dead people and massive devastation doesn't seem to be an appropriate use? I suspect that we don't have the planes to fly them over. I am concentrating my donations on NGO's. Susan M Otis and Chester Canada has no aeroplanes??? I think not. Try harder, I say. Tweed I know my two cousins who flew for the Canadian Air Force were missed when they retired, but this is ridiculous. |
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"Mathew Kagis" wrote in message
news:31hBd.37004$dv1.27653@edtnps89... "Bill Stock" wrote in message Yep, I suspect it's the planes. We usually have to charter planes or rely on the Americans to get our cargo anywhere. Sad. .... Apparenty you are right. A Co-worker told me, that he saw a little news blurb on it on CBC. Our 'rapid deployment' team, requires Russian Anitolov aircraft to move them around... Bloody Typical seems like those large enough planes, and planes that can take the really long distances,are in great demand all over for all types of transport. One of those Russian planes are taking off from Sweden right now, bringing more freeze containers and coffins to Thailand, in addition to some sent already. Other plane problems here concerned transporting the more hurt survivors who could not take the trip back to Sweden sitting. The planes available here that could be modified with stretchers, MD 80s, need several stops and more than 20 hrs for a one way trip. -- :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi |
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