Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Disaster Relief



The adventure continues! In my last post, I mentioned that IBM was donating some emergency management kits as part of the response to the typhoons that hit the Philippines. Late last week the corporate team organizing the response ask me and another team member from the US to personally transport the donation to expedite delivery. So, now we are each bringing a 60lb Pelican Case full of gear with us - satellite phones, wireless networking gear, solar blankets, etc. I'm told by my friend Dianne that this is a similar concept to a "jump kit" in the military although I hope I don't have to jump anywhere with it.

I'm equally amazed that we're actually doing this and that we have these kits ready-to-go. Pretty cool stuff!

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