To fully understand the imapact of the Villahermosa flooding, there are two visual points of view worth sharing today:
The 705 km view, 438 miles above the earth, is provided courtesy of Aqua at the Goddard Space Center in the form of a satellite images of Tabasco taken on October 18, 2007 and November 3, 2007. (links to […]
Plus six is an idea.
It’s more common sense than insight, and more practical than inovative. It’s recognition that in global scale tragedies, like what we’re seeing in Villahermosa, while the immediate need is huge, there will continue to be a need in six months. Catholic Online leads with a story today that describes what we […]
The lead from The Economist
THE scale of it all is difficult to imagine. At the flood’s height, over four-fifths of the state of Tabasco, in Mexico’s south-east, was under water, damaging the homes of nearly a million people. Villahermosa, the low-lying capital, was inundated after the Grijalva river burst its banks. Canoes hit the roofs […]
Reuters is reporting what many of us suspect: Time will tell the public health course of events in Villahermosa
Colds, respiratory illnesses and foot fungus have become common, and doctors in the tropical city fear outbreaks of more serious diseases like cholera due to a lack of running water.
“The risk now is infections. There could be […]
We’ll probably regroup later this afternoon, seeing what we know and where the best avenues for hope and aid exist. The New York Times ran a story today, story number three in the bottom links under World.
The Christian Science Monitor has done what may of us had done in our own minds, and labeled […]
