"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
Will be gearing up for operations. Six Ways To Die model at the spearhead, because we have that credentialed by US DOD in the Defense Horizons paper, so we can defend recommending it for wider use. Hexayurt we do *not* currently have engineering testing data or NGO sign off for use in Haiti, but it's doable within the one month shelter window (before they really start getting shelter organized) so it might be a little busy round here. http://butteredsidedown.co.uk/scim.html http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/defense_horizons.htm (number 70, which I co-authored, says "The underlying model for STAR–TIDES and its whole-systems approach to infrastructure solutions is based on the Hexayurt Project’s “six ways people die” model." I did not write that line.) First thing you can do if you want to help is identify some NGOs which are doing sheltering in Haiti, and ask them to examine the Hexayurt as an option. Please post a note to this list for anybody you contact so that we do not contact the same individuals twice. Note we are just asking them to **evaluate** deploying Hexayurts instead of tents. We are not asking them to do it, we are asking them to evaluate it. This is a *critical* distinction in NGO-land, and simply asking them to do it will get us laughed at hard. Evaluation at this stage. The three reasons for recommending an evaluation of the hexayurt are: * it is cheaper than a tent, at as little as $100 for materials and local labor for assembly. * it will last several years, in all probability, which makes it more likely families will be in permanent housing by the time their temporary shelter becomes unusable. * the plywood and other materials for sheltering many millions of people are already in the US and South American industrial supply chain, so shelter can be scaled to the local need very quickly. We suggest having people familiar with the exact ground conditions in Haiti - builders and engineers - design the precise specification for the Hatian Hexayurt - waterproofing, bug proofing, foundations/flooring, stove fittings and whatever else is deemed necessary. We customize to the deployment environment. Take care, and good luck. Vinay -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://guptaoption.com/map - social project connection map http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision http://bit.ly/flucode - please follow the Flu Code if you are in a flu-effected area. It protects us all. Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt Twitter: @hexayurt http://twitter.com/hexayurt UK Cell : +44 (0) 795 425 3533 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 "If it doesn't fit, force it."
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