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British snow shelter offers hope to earthquake survivors
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

An innovative snow shelter, originally developed by the British enterprise Shelter Project in 1999, may save lives in earthquake-stricken Kashmir and Pakistan.

Oxfam are urgently encouraging use of the 12 by 12 feet semi-spherical tent, which is made of thick plastic laid over a frame of standard water pipes. This is lined with ordinary blankets. Mud is banked up around the shelter to prevent water from seeping inside and a simple drainpipe can be laid under it for sanitation. The shelter was previously tested in Kosovo and India.

The advantage of the design is that materials can be sourced locally, in the context of the current worldwide scarcity of tents.

This report from Associated Press.

Oxfam's Aditi Kapoor reports from the disaster zone: click here.

A quick search suggests (without confirmation) that this site may show the type of design involved: http://www.shelterdomes.co.uk
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Yes these shelters are good and we are also trying to get some but like everything, right now the hardest thing is transport to the remote areas.

Pleased to see another snowhead is following what is happening out there. If anyone wants to get more directly involved please PM snowcrazy directly to find out how you can help.

Thanks
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

snowcrazy, I imagine quite a number of us would like to know - by all means spell it out. This Guardian report quotes a UN official in New York ""They don't understand what we're dealing with here. This is our biggest relief operation ever. It's unprecedented in scale."

The article also says, two weeks after the earthquake struck:
Quote:
440,000
Number of tents required
122,000
Number of tents delivered

According to the article temperatures will plummet within 3 weeks, with snowfall exposing the unsheltered to what can only be imagined.

As you suggest, a shortage of helicopters seems to be a major hindrance in bringing relief to the isolated villages.
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