Dear Andy and All at DDN, In 1998, Honduras, my country, was struck by a major hurricane. Hurricane Mitch had winds up to 180 mph and spent 5 days traveling north, south, east and west in this small country. Thousands died. We still haven't fully recovered. A small network, www.projecthonduras.com, was very useful coordinating help and communications in the country. Today, the network has grown. It still coordinates aid and just keeps everyone talking from one end of the country to the other and from outside the country to those of us here. I think that Deborah is right. We should be prepared, because unfortunately, there will always be large natural disasters. Jorge
--- Deborah Elizabeth Finn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Andy, > > I think that this is a great idea. The sad truth is > that, even if > it's not immediately helpful in the aftermath of the > Indian Ocean > tsunamis, there will surely be other disasters > coming through the > pipeline later. And it's best to have a community > set up and to get > folks brainstorming and collaborating well ahead of > the event. > > Warm regards from Deborah > > > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:30:18 -0500, Andy Carvin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I was wondering: would it be useful if we set up a > community workspace > > on the DDN website to share resources and > information regarding the > > disaster? I'd wanted to do this the morning of the > tsunami, but I was in > > the Rocky Mountains and only had limited email > access. So I don't know > > if creating one now would be too late, or if it > would be useful to > > members of our group who are involved in relief > efforts in one way or > > another. > > > > thanks, > > ac > > -- > > ----------------------------------- > > Andy Carvin > > Program Director > > EDC Center for Media & Community > > acarvin @ edc . org > > http://www.digitaldivide.net > > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > > ----------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > > [email protected] > > > 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. > > > > > -- > Deborah Elizabeth Finn > 85 Phillips Street > Boston, Massachusetts 02114 > www.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://public.xdi.org/=deborah.elizabeth.finn > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] 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.
