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Why did they shut the airport? Bad timing.
Anyway, can't they unload in the DR and truck it over?
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Unfortunately the obvious problem has come into play.
The docks are buggered because they had an earthquake, the roads are mainly impassable because they had an earthquake, if they were not impassable there was a shortage of vehicles even before they had an earthquake which is now even more acute, the airport is full because they had an earthquake and can't move the aid out of the airport and planes of aid are waiting unloaded on the apron which means the vital first response who should be getting to work are being diverted because they can't land anymore.
Plus of course damage to the airports tanks and planes having to circle a long time before landing means there are now lots of unloaded planes which cannot leave anyway as there is no fuel.
As for shipping stuff by road from the Republic, the bridges on the route have collapsed in the earthquake.
So I suppose the lesson is that despite the thoughts of....
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I think they know by now to not wait on the UN but to just go ahead and do something.
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which is noble in its intent, the thing they should know by now is get stuff ready, make supplies available for shipping , have funds on standby........
but get an assesment team in first to see who what where when and how.
It might seem like a waste of valuable time, but it is a complete waste of time to have food and medicine piled up doing nothing but taking up space and slowing access.