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Amen! I Also....
There exists of course an immediate need for about 100,000 cold weather tents in Nepal. Said need will probably not be filled before the crisis period is over.
The first military C-130s carrying aid have begun to arrive at Kathmandu.
At this time is believed towns and villages in this new area which were not damaged in the prior incident may have significant damage now and their own new casualties.
Truly a tragedy...many Canadians are there in Nepal...no word about anyone of them so far...I do hope they have more help on the way...
There is one HAM net running around 14Mhz trying to coordinate rescue agency movements, another running on 25 watts of solar power is attempting to relay messages for the National Police from inside Kathmandu. Nepal's Amateur radio repeater was in Kathmandu and runs on 145 Mhz and 434.5 Mhz. Since those are mobile frequencies the range is short and probably not heard outside of Nepal by normal receivers. Nepali HAM licenses are prefaced with 9N1, but there is a definite lack of HF traffic coming out of that country today.
Four tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft that can land in tight spaces flew over the disaster zones. U.S. Marine Brigadier General Paul Kennedy told CBS news he could see landslides during his flyover.
“It’s just wiping out the roads,” said Kennedy. "They’re going to have to rely immediately upon an airlift to help these folks out and then you’re going to have to start from the valley and dig your way all the way up to those villages."
Kennedy and USAID’s Bill Berger had been asked by Nepal’s government to assess the region near the Chinese border.
"We saw a great deal of devastation," said Berger after the flight. "Even the equipment to clear the roads we saw was stranded in many places along the road."
Picture of the V-22 Osprey arriving in Kathmandu this weekend.
So the question becomes, what altitude are the villages needing aid at?
This is the mountain village of Langtang the day before the earthquake.
This is the same village the day after the earthquake.
A total of 4 persons survived. Ir was earthquake, followed by a pressure wave of air, followed by avalanche to bury what was left. Only 1 building sheltered in rock cleft still stood afterwards. All 4 survivors happened to be inside that building. All Nepalis and tourists in other buildings and places in that village died.
This French news team visited the village. This video released today may be too strong for some folk. An effort is underway to dig out and identify the corpses.