That 2nd vid especially is quite sobering.
By no means should my last post be taken as diminishing what’s happened on Dominica. That island has a heck of a tough job ahead of it.
I didn’t take it that way, Paul. I see where you’re coming from. Thing is, 10 trips a day is pushing it, and, it doesn’t get water down throats. It just gets a quick dump of a big stockpile in one place.
That is some chopped up terrain they have over there. The guy shooting the video had to work his way over deadfalls on graded roads. But in many areas, there are cliffs between this small group of houses, and that small group. Not just ten foot piles of trash. Trash plus cliffs with flooded mudholes and washed out bridges between them. On the slopes are those incredible debris flows. They called for mudslides, but what I see are these mountains of torn up “tree-slides” instead.
Yes, they WILL get it sorted out. But a human will hit the ground 24 to 48 hours after his last drink, and they are NOT going to get this sorted out that soon.
Instead...well, ignoring the folks like the lady trapped in her house by a rushing torrent, the average joe will get thirsty and he will drink what he finds. In one to two weeks, all sources have a good chance of cholera, typhoid, or even worse contamination. I see several dynamic curves developing over time, and typically, these things get worse before they get better. In this case, maybe a whole lot worse.