How To Rescue Someone Trapped in a Collapsed Building

by Michael Bear · 2009-10-11 21:03:00 UTC
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The best links from the past week:

- Reliefweb explains how to rescue people trapped in a collapsed building.

- On a similar note, first person accounts from CARE about the recent earthquake in Indonesia.

- Tales from the Hood looks into what we mean when we talk about the number confirmed dead in a disaster: "We sit in our cubicles in DC or Canberra or Bangkok or even Da Nang and quickly assess and rank the disaster zones on the basis of a few drops of ink on paper. We make sweeping decisions about where the resources go based on numbers. Out of context it’s too easy to let those number seem small. Only 20 dead…"

- Texas in Africa has a great graphic showing Africa's size in comparison to Europe, the States and China.

- And now for something a little different: the best flag ever. (Hat tip from Texas in Africa.)

[Image of a rescue worker at the World Trade Center from mashleymorgan's photostream on flickr]

Michael Bear
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