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* Betty Harvey <harvey@eccnet.com> [2005-09-01 23:27]:
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> 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
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