[hackerspaces] hackers + Haiti

[Christopher Pilkington]

"As of this hour Reynold Guerrier has managed to obtain 56 gallons of
diesel, moving the NAP's dry tank fail point some 8 hours, into the morning
of the 18th."

Yeah, fuel is a big problem.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Christopher Pilkington <cjp at 0x1.net> wrote:

> 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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