Andy said: "Interesting - are there telecentres at the stadiums? That would be really good. VoIP calls, email... letting people know that they are OK. The blogging would be good too."
There 2 million people or so displaced to states, regions and cities around the Gulf Coast. A core problem is people are so far apart, their cells phones do not work and there is no single registry of found people.. In other words, missing is only 1/2. The displaced people can not connect with each other because they have no working home phone or cell phone (in many cases). The web is the key. It can allow all of those who are displaced to find each other. We have 3 people from Kenner LA staying with us in San Antonio. Kenner and Metairie are the suburbs of New Orleans and they are close to the axis of the river and the lake. In fact they usually flood before downtown. We need satellite pictures we can zoom down to the roofs and see if homes and cars are under water and to what extent. My dad is from Biloxi and he is now in Florida. He is in the same situation. He can call us but he can not reach his employees, friends and family from Biloxi-New Orleans. The Satellite company, Spaceimaging.com has some great free pictures of New Orleans pre flood and Mobile Alabama post flood. They are imaging New Orleans yesterday and today and will have new images tomorrow. http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/default.htm If anyone finds other imaging, please let us know and let's get the word out. The gentleman who created the call for bloggers to direct to his RSS bundle is a great idea. It must be pushed onward past today. Let's create a large filter and aggregation of services. 1) Post Hurricane Satellite Imagery (zoomable to roof tops) 2) Found People 3) People to Locate 4) Confirmed Deaths 5) Info on opening of places to receive people back home 6) Key phone numbers for services 7) Personal accounts of the Hurricane 8) Aid Applications and Data --Jim Brazell -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Georgetown, Guyana [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." - Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
