Yogyakarta 38 days of exile My friends at Wal-Mart have been getting rave reviews for how well they have handled Katrina. They ponied up $23,000,000. They had trucks ready to come in as soon as the roadblocks went down. Some of their store managers opened the stores to allow public safety and other folks to reprovision …
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Jakarta 35 days of Exile Malaysian Air flies into Kuala Lumpur International Airport across low rolling hills dotted with palm trees. These are not ornamental palms, but production palms valued for their oil. The hills look dryer than one expected in this area of Asia. Hitting the runway the airport from a distance looks big, but …
Rita
Jakarta 35 days of Exile Maybe there is no going home? Someone with a working phone, please put a call into Noah and get the teams together, because there seems to be no end to the rising waters around us. Preliminary reports from Rita seem to have knocked down the Local 100 sign in front of …