April 2010
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A DRIVING RAIN IN THE NIGHT!
April 20, 2010 – 4:53am – Tuesday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) I sleep in a little “perch”, it’s actually a small porch in the “Baby House” (of course all of the babies have been sent to the U.S. on either Humanitarian Parole… Continue reading
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Caanan II
April 19, 2010 – 5:59pm – Monday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) As the photo depicts, Garrett and I were fully loaded and….headed back to the U.S. this morning but…..got a call from the Embassy. A critical medical visa was about to be… Continue reading
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Huge storm
April 19, 2010 – 6:19am – Monday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Haiti dodged a huge storm last night. The weather satellite indicated a massive storm was coming. Forecasts called for major flooding. We watched this huge red image approach Haiti. I phoned… Continue reading
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Headed back to the tent city
April 17, 2010 – 5:46pm – Saturday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) We headed back to the tent city this morning. We set up and tested in the little “hole” in the dump. This water is from the recent rains and it drains… Continue reading
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April 17, 2010 – 5:46am – Saturday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Today, more Voyager repairs / last night and early this morning, I thought a lot about the tent city we visited yesterday. I must tell you an interesting conversation I had… Continue reading
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“source” of water.
April 16, 2010 – 6:09pm – Friday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) We hit the ground running this morning. Garrett and I got the “assembly line” Voyager Repair Center going and soon we were cranking out fully refurbished Voyagers. As I had shared… Continue reading
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Voyager repair
April 16, 2010 – 5:49am – Friday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Yesterday was a good day. Our Voyager repair center (temporary)is back on-line. We began processing Voyagers. Our method is to always have Voyagers ready to go out the door especially for… Continue reading
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Heavy, saturating rain.
April 15, 2010 – 5:49am – Thursday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Last night it rained in Haiti! Heavy, saturating rain. It must have poured for 2 straight hours. This particular cell was quite large and covered much of Port-Au-Prince and Bon Repos.… Continue reading
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Welcome to Haiti!
April 14, 2010 – 5:39pm – Wednesday (Haiti Time)- Ruuska Village – Bon Repos, Haiti – Report submitted by Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Joe) Welcome to Haiti! We flew in this morning. The rules are changing again; now vehicles are not allowed into the General Aviation Airport, increasing the challenge of unloading and just getting… Continue reading