Driving through the streets of Beirut, the impact of the war is evident everywhere. Entire buildings are ruined and you as you look inside homes, you can see what people were doing when the bombs hit. At one house, the kitchen drawers were open and it looked as if cooking or dinner had been going on right before the evacuation notice came. There were so many bridges destroyed, that there isn't money to fund repairs to them all. Residents in smaller towns may have detours for years. A recent report lists that out of 98 bridges either destroyed or damaged, only 18 are under repair. Another 42 are funded but there is not enough man-power or supplies to even schedule repair dates. 38 small bridges are left without funding or repair status. Even so, people find a way and there is a sense that events will take a turn for the better because the only other option is civil war. This is where the entire nation is finally in agreement, that civil war is not an option.
Driving through the streets of Beirut, the impact of the war is evident everywhere. Entire buildings are ruined and you as you look inside homes, you can see what people were doing when the bombs hit. At one house, the kitchen drawers were open and it looked as if cooking or dinner had been going on right before the evacuation notice came. There were so many bridges destroyed, that there isn't money to fund repairs to them all. Residents in smaller towns may have detours for years. A recent report lists that out of 98 bridges either destroyed or damaged, only 18 are under repair. Another 42 are funded but there is not enough man-power or supplies to even schedule repair dates. 38 small bridges are left without funding or repair status. Even so, people find a way and there is a sense that events will take a turn for the better because the only other option is civil war. This is where the entire nation is finally in agreement, that civil war is not an option.
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