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Day 8/9 – 14-15th May – Bangkok, Thailand
It is now almost 2 weeks since cyclone Nargis ravaged Myanmar. The initial flurry of general situation maps and imagery showing flood waters has now subsided and more detailed analyses are already being carried out with the aid of before-after high resolution satellite imagery.
e.g. http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=66
Our role in rapid [...]

Day 7 – 14th May – Bangkok, Thailand
The days are starting to merge into one. We got a cab to the UN as usual accompanied by Raji and Javit. Our cabbie did not know the way and so Raji directed using her in-built GPS (wish I had one of them). Started at 8 and got [...]

Day 6 – 13th May – Bangkok, Thailand
Rainy again today and heavy rain has been falling too over Myanmar although we’ve not heard any reports yet of it hampering relief efforts. Visas are being issued in a slow trickle and NGOs are gradually getting mobilised relying heavily on their in-country staff. We hear though [...]

Day 4/5 – 11-12th May – Bangkok, Thailand
Sorry for lack of sitrep yesterday – it got late and the hotel internet inexplicably shut down before I could send it. Sunday can be summed up thus: got up, ate breakfast, got taxi, made maps, ate fried rice, made more maps, got taxi, ate dinner, went to [...]

Day 3 – Saturday 10th May – Bangkok, Thailand
Today started like the others so far … up at 6.30, breakfast at 7, taxi at 7.30, in the office by 8am. This morning we attended the daily cluster meeting where each cluster lead agency gives an update. Still not much happening regarding visas – the Myanmar [...]