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Thread ID: 116235	2011-02-22 20:19:00	Help Is On The Way As I Write This----	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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1180702	2011-02-22 20:19:00	Crews from SoCal are already airborne and will arrive in Upsidedown Land soon for assistance in the ChCh earthquake . My prayers and concerns for youse guys! Channel 7 (KABC-TV) Video here . ( . go . com/kabc/livenow?id=7973412" target="_blank">abclocal . go . com)	SurferJoe46 (51)
1180703	2011-02-22 20:37:00	Thanks for your thoughts Joe... we are all pretty shattered by the events. Can't imagine how the CHCH folk feel. Ken	kenj (9738)
1180704	2011-02-22 20:50:00	Will youse guys have translators for the help when they arrive? I actually saw some footage of the buildings falling on KTLA-TV 5 here from Los Angeles.	SurferJoe46 (51)
1180705	2011-02-22 20:50:00	THIS LIVE STREAM HAS ENDED. Hmm cant watch the video there Joe. Maybe this one: abclocal.go.com	nedkelly (9059)
1180706	2011-02-22 20:54:00	Check out these Youtube (www.youtube.com ge&aq=1) videos Joe and thanks for the support.	Trev (427)
1180707	2011-02-22 21:03:00	THIS LIVE STREAM HAS ENDED. Hmm cant watch the video there Joe. Maybe this one: abclocal.go.com That's the same video I am seeing repeatedly.	SurferJoe46 (51)
1180708	2011-02-23 09:57:00	We'll be sure to load 'em up with Marmite before they leave!	ubergeek85 (131)
1180709	2011-02-23 10:27:00	Thanks Joe, the thoughts are appreciated.	DeSade (984)
1180710	2011-02-23 18:20:00	I found out that the Los Angeles Search & Rescue Group is the largest such group in the world - and they are arriving - if they aren't already there - with 56 US tons of gear and supplies, maybe some of which is Cherry KoolAid . Youse guys are so lucky to get Cherry KoolAid hand delivered to youse, although the circumstances are not the best . By BRADLEY KLAPPER c/o: The Associated Press Tuesday, February 22, 2011; 4:12 PM WASHINGTON -- The United States dispatched a search-and-rescue team to New Zealand on Tuesday after a devastating earthquake killed dozens of people and left another 100 missing, and confirmed that officials comprising two high-level American delegations to the country were unharmed . Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton phoned New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully to express her sorrow over the quake, which toppled buildings in Christchurch and killed at least 65 people . And to assist the humanitarian response, the U . S . sent a team that includes search-and-rescue staff from the Los Angeles County fire department . "We stand ready to assist the government of New Zealand in any way we can," Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the U . S . Agency for International Development, said in a statement . A U . S . delegation of 43 government, business and community leaders was in Christchurch on Tuesday for a U . S . -New Zealand Partnership Forum meeting and Kurt Campbell, the State Department's assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, participated . The White House said Mariko Silver and Tim Manning, senior officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, also were in Christchurch when the quake struck . They were unharmed . Nine U . S . congressmen attending the meeting as part of a separate delegation led by Rep . Don Manzullo, R-Ill . , left the city several hours before the quake and were in Wellington, U . S . officials and a spokesman for the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Tuesday . All of those in the two delegations are safe, the department said . The U . S . -New Zealand forum brings together government and business leaders from both countries to discuss ways the U . S . and New Zealand can work on trade and other regional issues . Others in attendance included former Sen . Evan Bayh, D-Ind . , and his wife, Susan . An aide to Bayh, Beth Chrusciel of the Washington law firm McGuire-Woods, said the Bayhs were fine and had left Christchurch . State Department spokesman P . J . Crowley said officials from both countries were in a meeting discussing plans to broaden the partnership between the United States and New Zealand when the tremor occurred . He said the U . S . would provide whatever assistance New Zealand requires . "Our long history of friendship and mutual support in times of need is an example of our enduring bond," he told reporters . Please have translators and common-phrase books available .	SurferJoe46 (51)
1180711	2011-02-23 20:24:00	Please have translators and common-phrase books available. And Dictionaries. :p Thanks for your support Joe. :)	WalOne (4202)
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