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So far we've not yet heard if the diesel has made it from the Americans, via the State Department, a contact we started 22 hours ago, to the Multilink NAP on Boutilliers Hill in Port au Prince. The NAP is going to run out of fuel Monday and it is powering the microwave backhaul from Port au Prince to the Dominican Republic, and all the remaining ISP traffic, that is, all governmental and NGO network access.

Wierd. To be the ones, in Geneva and Ithaca, actually in real-time communication with the NAP in PaP, who were unable all of yesterday to reach anyone in the rescue footprint that is spreading out from the air field. Using friendships (yes, neurologically atypical social networking) we now have State tasked to act and State calling the cell phone of the engineers at the NAP and the government/rescue now using the remaining data net as a critical resource ... which means the fuel is more likely to get there than when we started, 48 hours ago.

A NANOG contributor who works for Perot Systems couldn't fly in a cargo of kit due to the air control restrictions. He writes

Eric and Reynold,

See if the airport has received more JetA. I know they were out of ramp space and low on fuel on Friday. I was going to fly some emergency supplies down, but I was told they were turning airplanes away. If they have received fuel, you can use JetA in your diesel generator without any problem.

After the diesel replenishment there is replenishment of one of dozens of orphenages, this one simply because MB's ConLaw prof has 4 year old twins, girls, waiting for the adoption paperwork to clear. The latest information we have is the orphanage lost some resources to looters about 20 hours ago. A member of staff needs to be buried, a child needs an IV, and potable water, food, formula, charcoal, and above all, cash -- not "money" but the folding green stuff, in a world without banks or ATMs or anything except a cash-only economy of dire necessity.

The photo is 48 hours old. Things have deteriorated since.

A link worth clicking and reading: Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform