12-09-2005 08:15									#1
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Iraq didn't get me but Katrina did. I called Friday and volenteered for Katrina duty. I don't know exactly where I'll be going but I hope I can help out a little. The irony of this is that just like my last acitivation to go Iraq, this happens the week I was supposed to start a new job. I guess I can't complain. Some of our people are already in New Orleans and Mississippi. They sort of farmed us out for different stuff. I don't exactly know where my experience in fixing night vision goggles or thermal imagers but I suppose my strong back might come in handy. Either way we will do some good hopefully. Last week I took my girlfriends son out to buy some stuff and he donated the last of his birthday money to the relief. It wasn't much, just 10 dollars but to a 7 year old that is a lot.

To little things

	12-09-2005 08:18									#2
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what will you be doing? any ideas? or do they just tell you to show up?

	12-09-2005 08:24									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Sava what will you be doing? any ideas? or do they just tell you to show up?

Don't know just yet.

	12-09-2005 09:57									#4
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Damn proud of you, Sprayber, as always.

	12-09-2005 10:32									#5
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:salute:

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Good luck and try not to get shot.

	12-09-2005 10:57									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Sava what will you be doing? any ideas? or do they just tell you to show up?

Did you notice, that at the time of Spraber's OP, he already said that he did NOT know?

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My admiration! Treat the people gently.

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good job

	12-09-2005 16:17									#10
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God bless. Please, don't laugh at this but review sanitation procedures for heavily contaminated areas. The fecal coliform levels in the water in New Orleans are ten times the human contact level. In that kind of environment even a simple scratch is not so simple.

	12-09-2005 16:32									#11
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Wear something POLY in case you're on the news. The high muckety-mucks were sometimes quite irate about some of the slogans we'd write on our camo. ****-em! If you cant take a joke dont join the army!

Never eat or touch your mouth area without first disinfecting/washing your hands. E. coli are not the killers that the news has played up but they can be bad enough in the right circumstances and they're a good indicator of the the real pathogens that are in that soup.

	12-09-2005 16:40									#12
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You guys are making it seem more dangerous than Iraq, though I know you do so out of love. I can dig it, godspeed Sprayber.

	12-09-2005 18:59									#14
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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH Wear something POLY in case you're on the news. The high muckety-mucks were sometimes quite irate about some of the slogans we'd write on our camo. ****-em! If you cant take a joke dont join the army!

damn right! this is a perfect time for a nuclear t-shirt


good luck Sprayber

	12-09-2005 19:09									#15
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quote: Originally posted by MrFun Did you notice, that at the time of Spraber's OP, he already said that he did NOT know?

read his post MrnotFun

he said he doesn't know where he's going...

mentioned about his nightvision experience...

he didn't say anything about his possible duties...

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Good luck and take care

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quote: Originally posted by Az Good luck and take care

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E.Coli will not be the only unhealthy to dangerous organism in that water. It's simply the one most often tested for, and it's levels are generally used as an indicator of overall water quality, or lack thereof. I would rather drink swamp water than the muck in New Orleans, water that has had rotting dead bodies is beyond unhealthy.

Saturday I briefed a pilot trying to get permission to fly his airplane down to Gulfport to assist FEMA. I gave him the coordination phone number, and found out he was a dentist. At first I was puzzled, and then a light dawned, and I asked him was he a forensic dentist. He was, and we talked a little. I could not do that job, especially with bodies in a semi-tropical environment over 10 days old. You know what the oral cavity is going to be like/have in it? That is worse than what Lonestar did for the Tsunami. :shudder:

	12-09-2005 20:27									#19
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quote: Originally posted by shawnmmcc E.Coli will not be the only unhealthy to dangerous organism in that water. It's simply the one most often tested for, and it's levels are generally used as an indicator of overall water quality, or lack thereof.

I believe I said that

quote: Originally posted by SpencerH E. coli are not the killers that the news has played up but they can be bad enough in the right circumstances and they're a good indicator of the the real pathogens that are in that soup.

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Good luck, Sprayber.

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to the little guy who dontated his bday money. Ten bucks is a lot to a youngster, what a good example to set for other youths. Stay safe sprayber.

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	12-09-2005 23:02									#22
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Good Luck

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Whoa man. Good luck and take care down there. And what else can I say about trying to be safe from the germs down there?

Kick a** man.

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words may not be expressed but people will allways remember kind deeds done while being overwhelmed & distraught

Thanks

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Sprayber

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Don't Get Sick!

And tell us what it smells like...

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SpencerH - didn't mean to sound like I was contradicting you, just wanted to stress the issue. Areas like that can be dangerous - I would grade them as below deadly, but they can still kill you.

Good luck, Sprayber.

	21-09-2005 02:13									#28
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Hey everyone. Been down to Mississippi with our guys down there and came back to Arkansas for some equipment when they opened up Fort Chaffee and was completely swamped so they diverted us there to assist. Some of the things I saw I honestly never thought I would see in the US. Can't converse too much now because I am only getting a short break until we get more evacuees in here. Hopefully only 5 thousand this time more 20 hour days ahead for a lot of us here. We were in the process of just cleaning up from the last round and organizing supplies and now we got the word more are coming.

One bright spot I guess is that for three days we have been wading through a couple warehouses full of clothes, toys and many other donated supplies. While some I think took this as an opportunity to thin their wardrobes and give at the same time, others have went out and bought new clothes to give. I'll drop by in a few days with more info. On a sidenote, I have probably lost the new job I was training for just befor this happened. But jobs will come and go so I won't dwell too much on it.

PS in my down time I have finally gotten around to read Lord of the Rings. It's not a bad way to spend the few ours of the day that I'm killing between shifts and sleep.

	21-09-2005 02:20									#29
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Have fun storming the castle

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the Katrina op is a secret recruitment ploy for Iraq - New Orleans? No soldier, we've got enough guys down there...