Summary

Beichuan is the worst inflicted area. We are doing infection now but are in urgent need of medical supplies. The place is in danger of epidemic spread and is not properly equipped to fight off this immediate danger. 

5月16日情况整理

我们一上午都在北川一中消毒，下午在整个县城里消毒。今天早上6点，消防员们在北川一中又挖出十几个死去的孩子，都是高一高二年级。然后就换军人来挖。9 点多的时候挖出一个活的学生,我没看到不知是男是女；看来也许还有生还者，大概因为四川天气潮湿，不容易脱水，生命可以维持更长时间。大型的切割机已经进北川县城。被泥石流所覆盖的县城，据说八成以上的人从一开始就没有希望。

May 16th

We spent the whole day disinfecting, the morning at Beichun Middel school and the afternoon at the whole county. At 6 am, fire fighters pulled out a dozen bodies of students. At 9 am, a student was pulled out alive. I didn't see if it was a girl or boy but he/she is probably alive. The humid weather may prevent dehydration to some degree so that buried lives can last longer than usual. Heavy cutting machinery has got into Beichun County. However, for the counties covered under landslide, it is said 80% percent of victims buried under the debris will die eventually.

北川县城往里走还有几个镇受灾，其中一个镇被苦竹水库淹没了，听说很多人逃到了山上。但救援不太进得去。昨天进去了一支消防官兵，到现在还没有消息。目前还有几千消防官兵、军人和特警在往里开进，但因道路塌方，被泥石流所覆盖，进程缓慢。

Further down Beichun County, there are several other heavily-hit towns. One was submerged by the Kuzhu Reservoir and difficult to reach by rescue team. Many people fled to mountain top. Yesterday a team of firefighters set off and we haven’t heard back from them yet. Meanwhile several thousand firefighters, soldiers and police officers are marching towards the town. However, the road destroyed by the mudslides makes the efforts slow.

在我们执行消毒任务的过程中，我看到来自全国各地的救援队伍，刚从眼前过去的是大庆消防，最多的是解放军士兵，海南的九江的消防也进去了，四川本省的各种部队都有。这里不需要钱，来四川后我们自己还没花过一分钱，水和食物都是按人头领的，被批准的救援车可以获得免费加油。

During our disinfection tasks, I saw rescue teams from all over China. The one passing in front of me a moment ago were firefighters from Daqing and there are firefighters from Hannan and Jiujiang. A majority are soldiers including all sorts of military forces in Sichuan. Cash is not needed here. We haven’t spent a penny from our pockets yet. Water and food were rationed. Licensed rescue vehicles have free gas supplies.

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这里虽然聚集了上万的救援人员，但非常安静，只有发电机和微波通讯车的工作声音，所有的人都在无声工作，特警还帮我们女士泡面，但我吃不下。他们撤下休息了一夜又开进去扒小学和幼儿园了。

Although there are thousands of rescue workers, it is very quiet here. The only sounds you can hear are from generators and communication vehicles.

我们救援人员们都确认北川的灾情是最严重的,比汶川惨的多,现在最急需的医疗防护品。现在进入了疫情期，天气又很炎热，有上千军人和消防员还没有防护口罩、防护手套和隔离衣；；所谓的防护服等也品质很差，希望有企业或公司能提供精良的设施和质量好的搜救服及防护服等。

The recue team believe that Beichuan is the worst inflicted area, much worse than Wenchuan. Medical supplies and equipments are urgently needed. Epidemic is becoming an urgent concern in the hot weather. Thousands of soldiers and firefighters are working without basic protection of mask, gloves and scrubs. The available scrubs are poorly made. We hope companies can provide or donate medical equipments and supplies of good quality as soon as possible.  

我们严重缺乏酒精、脱脂棉球、防疫和治疗的药物。这里已经很臭了，一早上挖出来的几十个学生老师都是臭的。我们的救援人员身处危险之中，至少还要在这里再待一个月，物资需求量很大。仍然呼求医疗防护品，尤其是消毒液。

Disinfection ethanol, cotton balls, and medication for treatment and epidemic-prevention are urgently needed. Bad smell has already started. This morning dozens of stinking bodies of students and teachers were pulled out. The rescue team are in danger now due to lack of proper protection. We will continue working here for at least another month. Demand for supplies is huge and there is an urgent need for medical protection equipment and supplies, especially disinfection products.

北川的曲江小学，我进塌陷的楼里看了看，也是下面两层陷入地裂。塌陷上层的孩子们已经被消防员救出，余下的其他能看见的孩子都是已经被砸成了几块。那些小手看着还很稚嫩，我为孩子做了祈祷，希望他们走的不痛苦！出去以后，我又再找到搜救犬小分队，请他们重新带狗来搜一搜，不过听队员们说，狗狗有时候分不清楚昏迷和死亡。我离开这个小学时，两个妈妈还在一遍遍呼唤孩子，二十多人的搜救犬小分队还在继续搜索。

I went to the destroyed buildings of Qujiang Primary School at beichuan. The lower two stories sank into the ground. Children in the upper buildings were rescued firefighters. I could see the body parts and small hands of children left underneath. I prayed for them, wishing they died without much pain. Later I met the rescue team of twenty people with dogs and asked their help. I heard that the rescue dogs sometimes could not distinguish between coma and death. When I left the school, I saw two moms were calling their children’s name again and again and the rescue team keep searching.

消毒的同时，我们还要为受伤的人员包扎。不时又有生命获救，奇迹总在不断地发生。

While we were doing disinfection, we also helped to treat the injured victims with minor problems. Miracles keep happening and new lives are been saved.

非常让人生气的一件事是，有一部分志愿者是抱着猎奇、看热闹的心态来的，他们根本帮不什么忙，今天还和一个这样人吵了起来。

One thing makes me upset: there are some volunteers who came here out of inappropriate curiosity. They do not offer much help. I had a fight with such a person today.