Memorable Quotes from Tsunehiko Watase
1 quoteCommunication Amidst Crisis in Central Africa
Yasuo Tatsuno
Hello this is AJ1RL. I copy you. What is your callsign? Over.
Voice
This BK0CC. Ahab from ]. Over.
[[w:Mawson Station|Mawson Station]
Tatsuno
It's that Australian group from next door. Hello neighbor what have you heard from outside? Over.
[to colleagues in Japanese; to radio in English]
Ahab
Just for a couple of minutes from some doctor in Uganda. He said whatever it was, Central Africa was hit bad. Not just the people, but most of the wildlife as well. Even the elephants, over.
Tatsuno
Wildlife too?
Ahab
Yeah. Imagine an elephant with the flu, One sneeze can break its bloody neck I reckon.
Dr Yamauchi
Let me speak. Hello? this is Dr Yamauchi speaking. Can you please explain as much as possible the characteristics the Ugandan doctor described? Over.
[to Tatsuno in Japanese; English]
Ahab
All he said was that it started out like a simple cold, or flu mostly and then quickly turned to pneumonia. And there were symptoms of other diseases as well but he didn't think it was any of those things. He thought it was something else.
Dr Yamauchi
Something else?
[curious]
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