Jim Brazell wrote:
Hi,
My name is Jim Brazell.
We have refugees from New Orleans and Thibodeaux here in San Antonio.
There are shelters forming where refugees have web access. There cell
phones are not working. Communication among the displaced is not tied to
a common core of services.
All,
I am in need of references to literature, projects, or researchers
who have developed models and identified useful metrics
for assessing the economic impact of
introducing broadband into communities or regions.
Thanks for any help you can give.
I can post a summary of the responses.
Andy Carvin wrote:
Jim Brazell wrote:
Hi,
My name is Jim Brazell.
We have refugees from New Orleans and Thibodeaux here in San Antonio.
There are shelters forming where refugees have web access. There cell
phones are not working. Communication among the displaced is not tied to
a
HI,
I am still looking for a fee based or free service to see near real time
images of New Orleans and Gulf Coast.
This is what I have found:
Mobile, Alabama
August 30, 2005
post Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans, Louisiana
August 28, 2002
pre Hurricane Katrina
Jacqueline Morris wrote:
From the MSNBC reports I saw today, communication between the rescue
and other staffs is still a real issue. Apparently in New Orleans and
some other places the radio towers are still down, cell phones are not
working, and this has been a major problem with regard to the
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
Andy Carvin wrote:
If you have a blog, here's what you can do. Sometime tomorrow, take a
break from whatever it is you usually blog about, and post something
constructive related to disaster relief. You can keep it topical to
your blog: for example, if you usually blog about pets, blog about
HURRICANES: HURRICANE KATRINA :
RADIO: AMATEUR:
American Radio Relay League: Hurricane Katrina Volunteer Signup Database
Now Open
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/7932
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu Sep 1, 2005 11:18 am
Subject: PERSONAL COMMENTS: HURRICANE KATRINA -
Hi everyone,
I've just set up three Katrina-related news feeds. Each one is
aggregating content from news wire services, newspapers, blogs and other
online communities. I've broken down the feeds into three major
categories: Missing and Found Persons, News and Blogs. Here are the
links,
Hi Bill,
Please take a look at my organization's website. We have done a
significant amount of work in this area. If there is anything of
interest to you, please let me know. Perhaps, I can provide you with
more in-depth details. The website address is www.e-nc.org.
Best Regards,
Donna A.
Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote:
Mobile phone depends on antenna towers. Towers toppled
easily with such strong gusts of wind. That has always
been the weakest point of mobile/wireless technology.
Even if you have satellites, you still need to beam up
and down.
Still, SMS messages can sometimes
Forwarding this to the list for Glee, who had trouble posting it. -andy
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Subject:re: [DDN] hurricane housing webboard
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:07:18 -0700
From: Glee M Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kudos to MoveOn.Org for
Mobile phone depends on antenna towers. Towers toppled
easily with such strong gusts of wind. That has always
been the weakest point of mobile/wireless technology.
Even if you have satellites, you still need to beam up
and down.
And with all flooding surrounding New Orleans, you
cannot send in
Chris wrote:
New Orleans has for some time been the subject of extensive GIS research
because of it precarious position below sea level. The availability of this
technology has, I feel certain, prevented or alleviated numerous problems
created by the hurricane.
I'm not sure what you mean in
Technology For All(TFA) is working with its community and corporate
partners to set up a Community Technology Center (CTC) at Houston's
Astrodome, which will soon be home for 25,000 evacuees from the New
Orleans Superdome. We are pleased to have the opportunity to help in
this way and have made
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:04:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Several Links for Additional Information and Accounts of Hurricane
Katrina
Several Links for Additional Information and Accounts of Hurricane Katrina
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello good people,
I am beginning research into ways in which mapping technologies like GIS (1)
are being used (and can potentially be used) to help avert or cope with
humanitarian disasters.
The tragedy of New Orleans has given me some insight into the potential and
limitations for this use
I managed to track down the Red Cross database for listing missing
persons. It's the same system that was used during the tsunami, but
they've adapted it for Katrina. It's based with the International
Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), not the American Red Cross.
For all intents and
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