A can of tuna, can of sardines, tomato sausages, peaches in syrup and products of first necessitysuch as toothpaste, isotonic drink and matches. This is the food package that the Emergency military unit (UME) delivers to the inhabitants of Paiportathe Valencian city most devastated by DANA, where a basic necessity, like water, has become a luxury. And it is also the package that Spanish soldiers receive in time of war.
The stores are closed. Many cannot open because the water left by DANA has flooded them. This storm destroyed them. Even in one of them, which had been preparing the opening for two weeks, DANA force stuck car inside. Others were vandalized after DANA. There’s no food left in it. In fact, for many, there is not even a trace of the business they had until Tuesday.
In this state of total alarm, homes lack basic supplies and Paiporta contemplates, devastated by the storm, a continuous coming and going of local residents in search of food. They even travel to Valencia, enduring vehicle queues of up to two hours, for a journey that usually lasts a few minutes.
The EMU took charge of this situation. A truck from this military unit made up of two soldiers is at the entrance to the town of Paiporta.
This vehicle distributes, from the rear, small rectangular packages. They contain the same foods that make up a staple food for Spanish soldiers during wartimewhich gives an idea of the current situation of the population. Because these foods are exactly the same as those distributed to DANA victims in the town of Paiporta.
This package includes two cans of canned food: one of tuna and the other of sardines. It also contains tomato sausages. And it even contains a dessert: peaches in syrup. It also contains an isotonic drink, toothpaste and some matches. The essential elements for a person’s survival. Today, it is for this survival that the inhabitants of Paiporta are fighting.
