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She is at one of the temples in the worst hit areas. They are sleeping inside the temple and the grounds surrounding it is covered in bodies since they are using it as a staging area. They are doing their best to ID the bodies they can and taking DNA samples of the ones they can't so they can bury them in mass graves.

Their resident DNA expert is a guy from bangkok who is a botanist. His specialty is doing DNA analysis of plants so he got a promotion. Everyone in the area is calling him, 'Doc'. They are trying to keep their spirits up. Since they are all sleeping in a communal area, they have to put up with each others quirks. When I talked to her last night, they were joking that people's snoring would keep the ghosts away... if only it would keep the smell away. She keeps telling me in a wispered voice (i.e Sixth Sense), "I smell dead people"

She said there is a German team there working with them and she had really good things to say about them.

Wow. It's so difficult to imagine the horrific conditions there. Still it's good to hear that she is keeping up her spirits.

Standing water there is frightening because of disease spreading insects such as flies and mosquitoes. Sure hope she has her immunizations and lots of bug repellent.

It also sounds as if she could use a large quantity of good incense to help in masking the smells and maybe some extra rubber gloves to avoid small cuts and abrasions, etc.

That's great that they're taking DNA samples. I'm sure it will be some comfort for the families of those who have died to at least have their loved ones identified, and they may even be able to bury them.