[hackerspaces] hackers + Haiti

[Christopher Pilkington]

The biggest concern AHTIC (the IX in Port au Prince) had a couple days ago
was fuel... they are backhauling on microwave to the DR, and they were
concerned that their generators would run out of diesel, since the fuel
infrastructure is damaged/being redirected to humanitarian causes.

There are capable telecoms people on the ground (still), but until power
infrastructure is restored, I think that will be the limiting factor w.r.t.
such infrastructure.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:15 PM, LexIcon <unpublishednumber at gmail.com>wrote:

> It would be great if there were a hacker global emergency response team
> (HaGERT?) on standby to go in and restore IT /telecom infrastructure in
> disaster situations. Maybe partner with the International Red Cross?
>
> - Lex
>
>
>
> Far McKon wrote:
>
>   I do not know of a hackerspace centric group, but I do  I know of a crew
> from Philadelphia going down that need some comm. help, and medical folks.
> I can connect anyone who is interested in getting involved that has those
> skills.
>
> I've been trying to find info on Ham operation in emergency situations, and
> related resources (email by radio, etc), and am willing to hear
> suggestions/links/info if folks have them.
>
> hack on,
> - Far McKon
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My apologies if this has already been discussed ad nauseum, but does
>> anyone know of any separate "hacker space"-ish sub groups that are
>> forming to respond to the earthquake in Haiti?
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