Dengue Fever, Hurricane Tomas, new rotation

I havent written in a while because i have been sick in bed or boarded up for Hurricane Tomas. Here's what has been happening:

Dengue Fever:

I acquired Dengue Fever for free from a nice mosquito. It is transmitted by the daytime, striped mosquitoes that are infected with it from when they breed in dirty stagnant water. A few other people have had it in the house in the past few months, but it is overall a rare occurrence. This was not fun. You pretty much get a constant fever for the duration of one week, painful body aches and shivering. My fever peaked at 103 or 104 degrees every night for a week, and i eventually developed strep throat toward the end of my Dengue bout. I've been on antibiotics and feeling much better now, so its back to work.

Hurricane Tomas:

This could have been a lot worse than it was. Haiti was expected to be hit as a category 1 hurricane, which means very strong winds and a lot of damage considering the million plus people living in tents still. The major problem with Tomas was that it was such a wide system that most of Haiti was hit with at least a tropical storm status as far as wind and rain. Here in Jacmel, the storm lasted for about 2 days, with its real strength coming 3:30 am on friday night.
David and I were sent to work with the IOM (International Office of Migration) to check the status of the camps in the Jacmel area. We went off with a team and filled forms that indicated urgent need, disappearances, severe flooding, etc... By and large, the camps sustained moderate damage. The last camp we went to was absolutely destroyed. There was nothing left of most of the huts, which were made of leafs and cut up plastic tarps. The major problem in other parts of Haiti, notably Leogane, was the amount of flooding. We had the house boarded up for 48 hours, so we as a group had no problems.
We took in a family with a malaria infected baby for the duration of the hurricane. If we had not, they would have been soaked in their tent for a few days, and the baby would have most likely died.

A new rotation arrived a week from yesterday. They're all very cool people and a few of them are going to stay on board until the camp closes down in December.

Sierra and I will be going to Port au Prince in a week and doing some work for GrassRoots United. This will be a good change of scenery and it will be awesome to be there in the few days prior to the election. My mommies is coming to see me on wednesday!

Moore soon. Flocka