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Will be travelling to Ecuador in a few weeks with Engineers Without Borders. I'll be flying into Quito; working in a small village on the north coast. Just wondering if there are any members on this forum from that area of the world.
'92 Midnight Blue 968 Coupe
'94 ProbeGT, Eaton SC@9psi, Quaife, TecGT ECU, 300+HP, body sold, parting out
'98 3000GT VR-4, 400+HP AWD beast, didn't fit w/race helmet, Sold
'93 Bone Stock MX-6 Sold (in '05) sadly to the crusher in 2010
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Cloud, you gave me my first good chuckle of the day. Thanks
Engineers Without Borders does a lot of things, but the two main initial tasks are to get the community a good, reliable, clean and safe water supply. The second task is then to work with the community on sanitation issues, which covers a wide range of issues from cleanliness, washing ,latrines, and other simple health related concerns. Any of these might include basic structural design as applies to hurricanes or earthquakes. Many communities around the world don't even have these basics needed for a healthy survival. So, they are the main focus.
Of course natural phenomina can occassionally occur and thus after the water and sanitation are achieved, the focur could shift to structures in areas where this can be an issue. Many times the materials available are rudimentary, so it may be easier for a latrine design to spend the $'s to get the in ground part where it doesn't leach out to local water supply sources, but make the top structure simple so that it is lost in an "event", but is easy to reconstruct in a day or so. Houses or course you'd prefer to stand up to an event; there are techniques to have the 4 corners survive and any upper floor, but to make the walls sacrificial.
'92 Midnight Blue 968 Coupe
'94 ProbeGT, Eaton SC@9psi, Quaife, TecGT ECU, 300+HP, body sold, parting out
'98 3000GT VR-4, 400+HP AWD beast, didn't fit w/race helmet, Sold
'93 Bone Stock MX-6 Sold (in '05) sadly to the crusher in 2010
'61 Triumph TR-3, White with red leather interior; My First Car
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Knew that we have a member from S. America in Chile, so thought I'd give it a shot just in case.
'92 Midnight Blue 968 Coupe
'94 ProbeGT, Eaton SC@9psi, Quaife, TecGT ECU, 300+HP, body sold, parting out
'98 3000GT VR-4, 400+HP AWD beast, didn't fit w/race helmet, Sold
'93 Bone Stock MX-6 Sold (in '05) sadly to the crusher in 2010
'61 Triumph TR-3, White with red leather interior; My First Car
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Where as we may not have any members from Ecuador, there are certainly 968s there. A google reveals a yellow 1995 for sale with 40k miles on it for a nice(?) price of $45K USD.
http://www.ec.all.biz/g4945/
-Matt
1993 Midnight Blue Porsche 968 Cabriolet (toy! Currently under restoration)
1995 Jeep Cherokee (war wagon, Zombie Apocalypse Response Vehicle)
2015 Mazda 3 (my reliable, nice car)
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It's an easy and rewarding way to give back a little for all the bounty I've enjoyed.
'92 Midnight Blue 968 Coupe
'94 ProbeGT, Eaton SC@9psi, Quaife, TecGT ECU, 300+HP, body sold, parting out
'98 3000GT VR-4, 400+HP AWD beast, didn't fit w/race helmet, Sold
'93 Bone Stock MX-6 Sold (in '05) sadly to the crusher in 2010
'61 Triumph TR-3, White with red leather interior; My First Car
