Naast het voorbeeld van de Trümmerfrauen in naoorlogs Duitsland zijn er vele voorbeelden van min of meer spontaan georganiseerd gedrag dat buiten de Westerse wereld onvertoond is. Hier het geval van de dreigende overstroming:

Van: MinnesotaPublicRadio.org, 26-03-2009, door Tom Robertson

Red River Floods of 2009

This year's flood is 'uncharted territory'

There's a massive new effort underway in the Red River Valley. A new flood prediction has the Red River in Fargo reaching a record 41-foot crest by early Saturday. That's a foot higher than the community had been planning for.

Low-lying Oakport Township on the north side of Moorhead is in a desperate fight to try to save 500 of its 550 homes.
    Township Chairman Greg Anderson says he knows of a few homes that have already flooded. About 50 homes in the township are thought to be safe.
    Dennis WalakerAnderson says they need more volunteers, but that by the end of the day the rising water will leave few areas where it's possible to sandbag.   ...
 

Van: The818Now.com, 03-10-2009.

Real-time news about Glendale, Burbank, Crescenta Valley and La Cañada

Sandbagging in La Crescenta

Neighbors got a leg up on the coming winter storms by filling about 1,000 sandbags in about 2 hours at Dunsmore Park in La Crescenta on Saturday, October 3, 2009.

Wendy Hart of La Crescenta helps her community get a leg up on the coming rains by filling up sandbags at Dunsmore Park in La Crescenta on Saturday, October 3, 2009. About 30 people helped fill about 1,000 sandbags in less than 2 hours. (Raul Roa/News-Press)	Regular community volunteer Sean Metz, 7 of Montrose, helps his community prepare for the coming rains by filling up sandbags at Dunsmore Park in La Crescenta on Saturday, October 3, 2009. About 30 people helped fill about 1,000 sandbags in less than 2 hours. (Raul Roa/News-Press)
About 30 people helped fill about 1,000 sandbags in less than 2 hours  at Dunsmore Park in La Crescenta on Saturday, October 3, 2009. (Raul Roa/News-Press)

IRP:   Een perfecte weerspiegeling van de "Trümmerfrauen" - anno 2009


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