Jim Brazell wrote: >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." > > Actually, I wrote that.
>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. > > Well, I did mention Sahana on my site, and here's a link - it was developed ON THE GROUND after the tsunami, and has gotten UN support: http://sahana.sourceforge.net/ Thanks to Ross Gardler, I have been following Sahana since it's second week of development. Other people outside finding people is not always the answer. First people have to Know Who They Find, etc. Then they can report it to the web. >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. > I don't mean to press here, but if your friends are with you, then this seems to be a property issue. And property issues, in my opinion, are secondary to life at this point. > 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. > > All of what you say is true. But you also must understand that the Red Cross and the Department of Homeland Security are running things - DHS has the mandate, and they are the ones that need to share information because, with military communications, there is probably a LOT that is not transparent (though CNN seems to be doing a great job of trying to push for some transparency. >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. > > Yes, I saw that, and that information has value, but I think the most value is derived from the house to house searches being done - though I would think some Zodiac boats might be more effective than helicopters. >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. > > Now, THAT was Andy Carvin that wrote about that. :-) -- 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.
