I'd like to start a discussion about helping with the aftermath of Katrina. What can we do?
What me and my wife and some friends are planning to do after work today is to volunteer at the local Red Cross shelter at the Lamar-Dixon Center in Gonzales. If you would like more information on volunteering with Red Cross, see http://www.batonrouge.redcross.org. However, the relief effort will be massive and the need for help will be ongoing for months. What can we do, as a bunch of geeks, to help out? I have a few ideas I'd like to share, but I want to hear from others first. John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20050831/09f60b23/attachment.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 31 09:30:54 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Tortorich) Date: Wed Aug 31 09:30:04 2005 Subject: [brlug-general] What can we do to help with the aftermath ofKatrina? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I know one thing sorely missing is any sort of information about flooding in neighborhoods. If you check the forums on WWL, there is basically NO information coming out of the city anymore. What few phones are working are not anymore. What I don't understand is that Gov. Blanco keeps saying we cant or couldn't get the resources to plug that hole in the 17th st canal. How is this possible with a problem of this magnitude? Im no army COE, but I would think that plugging a hole is something they have encountered once or twice. Or somebody has... Im frankly amazed by the mishandling of this and the inaction on the part of the government. Nagin looks defeated and Blanco looks scared shitless. The people, however, haven't given up. Most ppl have been rescued by John Q public on a flatboat. Those people are truly doing a great job. Sorry for the rant but at this point im kind of freaking out. Im down to help in any way you guys come up with... count me in. Chris ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hebert Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [brlug-general] What can we do to help with the aftermath ofKatrina? I'd like to start a discussion about helping with the aftermath of Katrina. What can we do? What me and my wife and some friends are planning to do after work today is to volunteer at the local Red Cross shelter at the Lamar-Dixon Center in Gonzales. If you would like more information on volunteering with Red Cross, see http://www.batonrouge.redcross.org. However, the relief effort will be massive and the need for help will be ongoing for months. What can we do, as a bunch of geeks, to help out? I have a few ideas I'd like to share, but I want to hear from others first. John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20050831/5d59cd29/attachment.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 31 09:39:03 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Tortorich) Date: Wed Aug 31 09:38:10 2005 Subject: [brlug-general] What can we do to help with the aftermathofKatrina? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.allaboutmojo.com/ This guy seems to have a good idea on the flooding thing. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Tortorich Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [brlug-general] What can we do to help with the aftermathofKatrina? I know one thing sorely missing is any sort of information about flooding in neighborhoods. If you check the forums on WWL, there is basically NO information coming out of the city anymore. What few phones are working are not anymore. What I don't understand is that Gov. Blanco keeps saying we cant or couldn't get the resources to plug that hole in the 17th st canal. How is this possible with a problem of this magnitude? Im no army COE, but I would think that plugging a hole is something they have encountered once or twice. Or somebody has... Im frankly amazed by the mishandling of this and the inaction on the part of the government. Nagin looks defeated and Blanco looks scared shitless. The people, however, haven't given up. Most ppl have been rescued by John Q public on a flatboat. Those people are truly doing a great job. Sorry for the rant but at this point im kind of freaking out. Im down to help in any way you guys come up with... count me in. Chris ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hebert Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [brlug-general] What can we do to help with the aftermath ofKatrina? I'd like to start a discussion about helping with the aftermath of Katrina. What can we do? What me and my wife and some friends are planning to do after work today is to volunteer at the local Red Cross shelter at the Lamar-Dixon Center in Gonzales. If you would like more information on volunteering with Red Cross, see http://www.batonrouge.redcross.org. However, the relief effort will be massive and the need for help will be ongoing for months. What can we do, as a bunch of geeks, to help out? I have a few ideas I'd like to share, but I want to hear from others first. John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20050831/59ae2e82/attachment-0001.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 31 09:43:33 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Date: Wed Aug 31 09:43:18 2005 Subject: [brlug-general] What can we do to help with the aftermath ofKatrina? In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 09:30:54AM -0500, Christian Tortorich wrote: > I know one thing sorely missing is any sort of information about > flooding in neighborhoods. If you check the forums on WWL, there is > basically NO information coming out of the city anymore. What few phones > are working are not anymore. What I don't understand is that Gov. Blanco > keeps saying we cant or couldn't get the resources to plug that hole in > the 17th st canal. How is this possible with a problem of this > magnitude? Im no army COE, but I would think that plugging a hole is > something they have encountered once or twice. Or somebody has... my uncle is a civ E and stayed behind. He doesn't believe they can repair that breach any time soon until the water level settles. I already know I lost my house just based on raw flyover footage and forum info form nonla.com and wwl. we're getting here north of Jackson MS. It's okay. we have each other, our pets, clothes, import papers, and photos. Ive been working a bit. I support some Navy stuff from UNO. we transferred much function to a remote site and I've been doing that. unfortunately, my emloyer was in harahan so I don't know how or if I'd be able to get paid. Such is the way it is. But I feel really fortunate and looking for a way to start helping down there. > > > > Im frankly amazed by the mishandling of this and the inaction on the > part of the government. Nagin looks defeated and Blanco looks scared > shitless. that's not my interpretation at all. After all, what do you expect? Blanco has been shedding a lot of tears. I think both officials have seen a lot more than they're telling the news media. We've gotten some raw footage and live footage here in jackson from WDSU new orleans folks that moved up here and it's pretty rough stuff. Right now it's thoughts and prayers and communication that help. > > > > The people, however, haven't given up. Most ppl have been rescued by > John Q public on a flatboat. Those people are truly doing a great job. > > > > Sorry for the rant but at this point im kind of freaking out. > > > > Im down to help in any way you guys come up with... count me in. > > > > Chris > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Hebert > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [brlug-general] What can we do to help with the aftermath > ofKatrina? > > > > I'd like to start a discussion about helping with the aftermath of > Katrina. What can we do? > > What me and my wife and some friends are planning to do after work today > is to volunteer at the local Red Cross shelter at the Lamar-Dixon Center > in Gonzales. If you would like more information on volunteering with Red > Cross, see http://www.batonrouge.redcross.org. > > However, the relief effort will be massive and the need for help will be > ongoing for months. What can we do, as a bunch of geeks, to help out? I > have a few ideas I'd like to share, but I want to hear from others > first. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
