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It's not your typical expatriate blog, and it's not laid out for optimum online reading: long, long paragraphs interspersed with occasional photos. But Metroblogging Bangkok: Phuket Disaster Relief: Day 2 will give you a powerful sense of what a post-disaster cleanup really involves.
I can't imagine a mainstream media story coming close to this kind of coverage. But be warned that the material is extremely graphic.
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Posted by: julie p | January 19, 2005 at 10:16 PM
Thanks for stopping by the Metroblog. I do admit that my posts seem to be running away from me, and are a bit more long-winded than I originally envisaged when I began writing them!
The Day 3 blog is up, and just as long and unruly as the other two.
Posted by: Paul | January 20, 2005 at 10:47 AM
Delighted to hear from you, Paul, and to read your latest unruly post. I hope you realize you have a book about the tsunami aftermath well under way. This might be a good time to query some US or British publishers. Keep in touch, and keep writing.
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