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RE: [OT] Hurricane IT Help
Title: Re: [OT] Hurricane IT Help
I've been thinking back to
the numerous times I've been to New Orleans over the past 19 years (church music
convention when I was 19, 2 Mardi Gras, visiting a former girlfriend,
conferences, etc.). Here I am writing from a cushy office in downtown Washington
DC, where I drove in my cushy car from my cushy uptown DC neighborhood....and
it's almost unfathomable to me to see that what is taking place there now (from
all aspects - health, hunger, social disorder, etc.) is happening in the same
country in which I live.
God bless all those affected by this
terrible tragedy.
Joe
From: Alan Gutierrez
[mailto:alan-xml-dev@e...] Sent: Fri 9/2/2005 12:10
AM To: Betty Harvey Cc: XML Developers
List Subject: Re: [OT] Hurricane IT
Help
* Betty Harvey <harvey@e...> [2005-09-01
23:27]: > > Alan: > > Anything I can do to help let me
know. I have family in Slidell and > Picayune that "THANK GOD" will
be in my home tomorrow! Phones and cell > phones failed but text messages
did work. Homes and jobs lost but > thankfully no loss of life - we
are some of the fortunate ones! > > I have been reading http://www.nola.com/forums/sttamtownhall/index.ssf/ >
for information. > > There isn't much that we can do for
information for people left in the > affected area. They are cut off
- no phones, no radio, no TV. The one > time I did get through to my
brother-in-law and tried to tell him about > the situation in New Orleans
(he worked at Tulane University Hospital) > he didn't believe me - thought
I was exagerating. I am really worried > about his reaction when he
gets to a hotel tonight and sees CNN news!
People are
holed up, but some information is still getting through.
Last I checked, text messaging was working.
> However, for those who
evacuated and left that is where the help can > come from but I don't know
where to start to help answer all the > questions they may
have:
I'm going to sound really flip in my soultions,
I know you guys are thurough, but here's what I'm working
on.
> 1. I have a loved one - I haven't heard from them? What
happened to > my
neighbor? http://www.familymessages.org/index.php
We are talking about new features, designing them, and
knocking them out, right here:
http://thinknola.com/wiki/index.php?title=Family_Messages#Adding_Tags
You can help Dan Chaney by giving him ideas on how to
implement that new tagging feature. I think it is a key
feature for this application.
> 2. What
happened to my home? Pictures of specific neighborhoods
are > coveted. My brother-in-law will have
pictures of his house in > Eagle Point in Slidell
tomorrow. Reading The Times Picayune
forums, > pictures of neighborhoods of people who
can't get home are coveted.
I'm using Wiki for that,
but I need more editors. It's a loose format that allows
people to gather information based on block, aparatment
complex, neighborhood, church, business, etc.
http://thinknola.com/wiki/
>
3. Help me with my pet. I have read where people left their
pets > behind and are looking for someone to
breakin and feed them - they > thought they would
be gone overnight.
That's a new one. There's a think
called Noah's Ark.
> If they need ice, water, food they can't get to
the internet. I heard > that a temporary cell tower was being
installed in Mandeville but it isn't > working yet. I haven't been
able to reach phones in Baton Rouge, Slidell, > Picayune, Hattiesburg or
Tylertown.
I think there's an information crsis. There
is a lot of information out there, but it is poorly
organized.
I'm gather information about the Xavier
exacuation. People are starting to count on it, so I can't
stop, but I can't take on any more info-gathering
tasks.
If you watch the forums, the candidates for a
Wiki page are OBVIOUS, but there's only one of
me.
That just became a Wiki
entry.
http://thinknola.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wiki_Editors#What_to_Wiki
-- Alan
Gutierrez - alan@e... - http://engrm.com/blogometer/index.html
- http://engrm.com/blogometer/rss.2.0.xml
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