Comments on: Diary of a survivor in Haiti: Part I http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/03/diary-of-a-survivor-in-haiti-part-i/ A social platform for raising global issues and finding solutions Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:12:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Young Feminist Wire » My Journey to Haiti: Reflections on Younger Women’s Contributions to the Movement http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/03/diary-of-a-survivor-in-haiti-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-3554 Young Feminist Wire » My Journey to Haiti: Reflections on Younger Women’s Contributions to the Movement Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:31:16 +0000 http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2530#comment-3554 [...] to the disaster through new initiatives.  Like Carine Extantus, a young woman in a camp who is blogging about her experiences, and Ismarthe Laurore, a young woman with the Camp Committee (KOK), a network of community members [...] [...] to the disaster through new initiatives.  Like Carine Extantus, a young woman in a camp who is blogging about her experiences, and Ismarthe Laurore, a young woman with the Camp Committee (KOK), a network of community members [...]

]]> By: Chris Harding http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/03/diary-of-a-survivor-in-haiti-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Chris Harding Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:07:14 +0000 http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2530#comment-2388 Comment on Carine Exantus: Diary of a survivor in Haiti: Part I • http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/03/diary-of-a-survivor-in-haiti-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 Hello, First, I hope you are having a nice day. If not, I hope things get better soon! Next, thanks for sharing your amazing story. Often, we people of the World, especially the developed world, are ignorant of other’s struggles. If you don’t know already, you are a very special person, and your English is excellent! By the way, one way you can collect water is through the use of a container or dirt hole, “fresh vegetation” , plastic, and the sun. Over time, the sun will evaporate the water, which will condense on the plastic. If you place a cup in the center of the “hole”, which is surrounded by vegetation, and create an inverted cone, “tent”, the water will collect in the cup. A small quantity, but, as long as the vegetation is clean from chemicals, a quantity of good drinking water. Also, in lower humidity environments, one can use a wicking material, some locations actually use “hay bails”, and a fan. The fan will cause evaporation, which causes evaporative cooling effects, and will reduce the temperature of the forced air. In closed environments, this could reduce the internal temperature significantly! Be careful, certain bacteria will grow but you can search for these on the internet and use suggested methods of control. The key is a material that will allow sufficient wicking to allow continuous evaporative cooling. • Legionaries disease is one possible complication of this type of cooling, so be careful. ∆ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/legionnaires-disease/DS00853/DSECTION=causes From The National Academies Press: §Choffnes, Eileen R.; Mack, Alison. Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health: Workshop Summary (Institute of Medicine Forum on Microbial Threats). National Academies Press[online].2009. pp. 328 pages. Available from: National Academies Press, USA. ISBN: 0-309-13873-6. ∆ Page 161: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/picrender.fcgi?book=napp&part=nap12658&blobname=&blobtype=pdf Have a nice day! Chris Harding Comment on Carine Exantus:
Diary of a survivor in Haiti: Part I

• http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/03/diary-of-a-survivor-in-haiti-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2387

Hello,

First, I hope you are having a nice day. If not, I hope things get better soon!

Next, thanks for sharing your amazing story. Often, we people of the World, especially the developed world, are ignorant of other’s struggles.

If you don’t know already, you are a very special person, and your English is excellent!

By the way, one way you can collect water is through the use of a container or dirt hole, “fresh vegetation” , plastic, and the sun. Over time, the sun will evaporate the water, which will condense on the plastic. If you place a cup in the center of the “hole”, which is surrounded by vegetation, and create an inverted cone, “tent”, the water will collect in the cup. A small quantity, but, as long as the vegetation is clean from chemicals, a quantity of good drinking water.

Also, in lower humidity environments, one can use a wicking material, some locations actually use “hay bails”, and a fan. The fan will cause evaporation, which causes evaporative cooling effects, and will reduce the temperature of the forced air. In closed environments, this could reduce the internal temperature significantly! Be careful, certain bacteria will grow but you can search for these on the internet and use suggested methods of control. The key is a material that will allow sufficient wicking to allow continuous evaporative cooling.

• Legionaries disease is one possible complication of this type of cooling, so be careful.
∆ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/legionnaires-disease/DS00853/DSECTION=causes

From The National Academies Press:
§Choffnes, Eileen R.; Mack, Alison. Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health: Workshop Summary (Institute of Medicine Forum on Microbial Threats). National Academies Press[online].2009. pp. 328 pages. Available from: National Academies Press, USA. ISBN: 0-309-13873-6.

∆ Page 161: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/picrender.fcgi?book=napp&part=nap12658&blobname=&blobtype=pdf

Have a nice day!

Chris Harding

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