RE: Social Media and Preparedness

[Simon Fogarty]

Hi Chuckie,

Enough enough,

 The mans name is ET, that is e for echo and T for Tango,
 You know this but yet you still call him EAT provoking an argument.

 We don't need this crap on this list,
 Please drop it and take your signature off your email, it's annoying!

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of CHUCK REICHEL
Sent: Monday, 11 September 2017 4:02 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

Hi EAT!
You know my phone # give a call and I'll explain the ET's for you!

If you can't afford the call I can pick up the long distance charges for you.
Chuck
"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’


On Sep 10, 2017, at 3:04 PM, E.T. wrote:

>   Don't mock what I do not understand? Funny that coming from you Chick.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world, 
> all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off  
> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/10/2017 10:35 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:
>> Hi EAT!
>> He may have played a part in it but my Wife & myself took care of business 
>> here on the front line!
>> And guess what the electric is still on & the Beer is still cold!
>> Don't mock what you don't understand! :) Chuck "God does not play 
>> dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>> On Sep 10, 2017, at 11:42 AM, E.T. wrote:
>>>   Where is Pat Robertson when you need him? He takes credit for praying 
>>> away a hurricane that threatened the east coast.
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the 
>>> world, all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your 
>>> mind off  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> On 9/9/2017 5:24 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:
>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>> Yes it is!
>>>> We have our accordion shutters locked and loaded here in Sunrise 
>>>> FL! :) SF believers have prayed it west & we are believing for  it to 
>>>> dissipate and leave!
>>>> Its a big 1!
>>>> Chuck
>>>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>>>> "Albert Einstein’
>>>> On Sep 8, 2017, at 9:21 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>>>>> Well it's making a  mess of the carribian!
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T.
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 4:10 AM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>>>>> 
>>>>>Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight 
>>>>> for Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was 
>>>>> impossible to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the 
>>>>> air as to where it will go.
>>>>> 
>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>>>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>>>>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>>>>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>>>>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to 
>>>>>> be garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake 
>>>>>> news and other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  
>>>>>> It's not just social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the 
>>>>>> History Channel.  Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show 
>>>>>> made-up material as well, and the puny little disclaimer is often 
>>>>>> difficult to notice by sighted folks let alone people like us.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Oh well, I digress.
>>>>>> 
>>>&g

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[CHUCK REICHEL]

Hi EAT!
You know my phone # give a call and I'll explain the ET's for you!

If you can't afford the call I can pick up the long distance charges for you.
Chuck
"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’


On Sep 10, 2017, at 3:04 PM, E.T. wrote:

>   Don't mock what I do not understand? Funny that coming from you Chick.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/10/2017 10:35 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:
>> Hi EAT!
>> He may have played a part in it but my Wife & myself took care of business 
>> here on the front line!
>> And guess what the electric is still on & the Beer is still cold!
>> Don't mock what you don't understand! :)
>> Chuck
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>> On Sep 10, 2017, at 11:42 AM, E.T. wrote:
>>>   Where is Pat Robertson when you need him? He takes credit for praying 
>>> away a hurricane that threatened the east coast.
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> On 9/9/2017 5:24 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:
>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>> Yes it is!
>>>> We have our accordion shutters locked and loaded here in Sunrise FL! :)
>>>> SF believers have prayed it west & we are believing for  it to dissipate 
>>>> and leave!
>>>> Its a big 1!
>>>> Chuck
>>>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>>>> "Albert Einstein’
>>>> On Sep 8, 2017, at 9:21 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>>>>> Well it's making a  mess of the carribian!
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T.
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 4:10 AM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>>>>> 
>>>>>Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight 
>>>>> for Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was 
>>>>> impossible to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the 
>>>>> air as to where it will go.
>>>>> 
>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>>>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>>>>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>>>>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>>>>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to 
>>>>>> be garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake 
>>>>>> news and other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  
>>>>>> It's not just social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the 
>>>>>> History Channel.  Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show 
>>>>>> made-up material as well, and the puny little disclaimer is often 
>>>>>> difficult to notice by sighted folks let alone people like us.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Oh well, I digress.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Later...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tim Kilburn
>>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tim,
>>>>>>   This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably 
>>>>>> agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who 
&g

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[lenron brown]

Um praying away a hurricane I am sure people wish it was that simple.
Anyways best of luck to anyone dealing with this monster of a storm
right now. This thing has been causing hell for a while now.

On 9/10/17, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
> Don't mock what I do not understand? Funny that coming from you Chick.
>
>  From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>"God for you is where you sweep away all the
>mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>
> On 9/10/2017 10:35 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:
>> Hi EAT!
>> He may have played a part in it but my Wife & myself took care of business
>> here on the front line!
>> And guess what the electric is still on & the Beer is still cold!
>> Don't mock what you don't understand! :)
>> Chuck
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>>
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>>
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>>
>>
>> On Sep 10, 2017, at 11:42 AM, E.T. wrote:
>>
>>>Where is Pat Robertson when you need him? He takes credit for praying
>>> away a hurricane that threatened the east coast.
>>>
>>>  From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>
>>> On 9/9/2017 5:24 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:
>>>> Hi Simon,
>>>> Yes it is!
>>>> We have our accordion shutters locked and loaded here in Sunrise FL! :)
>>>> SF believers have prayed it west & we are believing for  it to dissipate
>>>> and leave!
>>>> Its a big 1!
>>>> Chuck
>>>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>>>> "Albert Einstein’
>>>> On Sep 8, 2017, at 9:21 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>>>>> Well it's making a  mess of the carribian!
>>>>>
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T.
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 4:10 AM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>>>>>
>>>>> Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed
>>>>> straight for Texas when the weather professionals themselves were
>>>>> saying it was impossible to predict its path so far out. Even now, its
>>>>> still up in the air as to where it will go.
>>>>>
>>>>>  From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>>>"God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>>>>mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>>>>our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>>>>and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to
>>>>>> be garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake
>>>>>> news and other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.
>>>>>> It's not just social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch
>>>>>> the History Channel.  Lots of their material is awesome, but they also
>>>>>> show made-up material as well, and the puny little disclaimer is often
>>>>>> difficult to notice by sighted folks let alone people like us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh well, I digress.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Later...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tim Kilburn
>>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tim,
>>>>>>This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would
>>>>>> probably agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have fri

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[E.T.]

   Don't mock what I do not understand? Funny that coming from you Chick.

From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/10/2017 10:35 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:

Hi EAT!
He may have played a part in it but my Wife & myself took care of business here 
on the front line!
And guess what the electric is still on & the Beer is still cold!
Don't mock what you don't understand! :)
Chuck
"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’

"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’

"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’


On Sep 10, 2017, at 11:42 AM, E.T. wrote:


   Where is Pat Robertson when you need him? He takes credit for praying away a 
hurricane that threatened the east coast.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/9/2017 5:24 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:

Hi Simon,
Yes it is!
We have our accordion shutters locked and loaded here in Sunrise FL! :)
SF believers have prayed it west & we are believing for  it to dissipate and 
leave!
Its a big 1!
Chuck
"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’
On Sep 8, 2017, at 9:21 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:

Well it's making a  mess of the carribian!

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of E.T.
Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 4:10 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight for 
Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was impossible 
to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the air as to where 
it will go.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

Hi,

Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to be 
garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake news and 
other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  It's not just 
social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the History Channel.  
Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show made-up material as well, 
and the puny little disclaimer is often difficult to notice by sighted folks 
let alone people like us.

Oh well, I digress.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

Tim,
   This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably agree 
the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the power 
of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

Hi,
FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an emergency 
situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to the wildfire, a 
notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something to the nature of "Let 
your friends and family know your safe".  We were able to let all our FaceBook 
contacts know that we had made it out safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for 
many of our friends and family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this 
certainly isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method 
by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of 
any service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  This, along with follow-up groups etc 
gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like FaceBook during emergency 
events.  Granted, there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms, 
but this feature certainly was positive.
Later...
  Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use
twitter for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you
Scott when it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year
for the most part. I might log in every now and the

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[CHUCK REICHEL]

Hi EAT!
He may have played a part in it but my Wife & myself took care of business here 
on the front line!
And guess what the electric is still on & the Beer is still cold!
Don't mock what you don't understand! :)
Chuck
"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’

"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’

"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’


On Sep 10, 2017, at 11:42 AM, E.T. wrote:

>   Where is Pat Robertson when you need him? He takes credit for praying away 
> a hurricane that threatened the east coast.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/9/2017 5:24 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>> Yes it is!
>> We have our accordion shutters locked and loaded here in Sunrise FL! :)
>> SF believers have prayed it west & we are believing for  it to dissipate and 
>> leave!
>> Its a big 1!
>> Chuck
>> "God does not play dice with the universe"
>> "Albert Einstein’
>> On Sep 8, 2017, at 9:21 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>>> Well it's making a  mess of the carribian!
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T.
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 4:10 AM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>>> 
>>>Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight for 
>>> Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was 
>>> impossible to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the 
>>> air as to where it will go.
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to be 
>>>> garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake news 
>>>> and other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  It's not 
>>>> just social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the History 
>>>> Channel.  Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show made-up 
>>>> material as well, and the puny little disclaimer is often difficult to 
>>>> notice by sighted folks let alone people like us.
>>>> 
>>>> Oh well, I digress.
>>>> 
>>>> Later...
>>>> 
>>>> Tim Kilburn
>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Tim,
>>>>   This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably 
>>>> agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt 
>>>> the power of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.
>>>> 
>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>>>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>>>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>>>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during 
>>>>> an emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray 
>>>>> due to the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating 
>>>>> something to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  
>>>>> We were able to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it 
>>>>> out safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for many of our friends 
>>>>> and family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this 
>>>>> certainly isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some 
>>>&g

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[E.T.]

   Where is Pat Robertson when you need him? He takes credit for 
praying away a hurricane that threatened the east coast.


From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/9/2017 5:24 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:

Hi Simon,

Yes it is!
We have our accordion shutters locked and loaded here in Sunrise FL! :)

SF believers have prayed it west & we are believing for  it to dissipate and 
leave!
Its a big 1!
Chuck
"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’


On Sep 8, 2017, at 9:21 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:


Well it's making a  mess of the carribian!

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of E.T.
Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 4:10 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight for 
Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was impossible 
to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the air as to where 
it will go.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

Hi,

Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to be 
garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake news and 
other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  It's not just 
social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the History Channel.  
Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show made-up material as well, 
and the puny little disclaimer is often difficult to notice by sighted folks 
let alone people like us.

Oh well, I digress.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

Tim,
   This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably agree 
the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the power 
of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

Hi,
FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an emergency 
situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to the wildfire, a 
notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something to the nature of "Let 
your friends and family know your safe".  We were able to let all our FaceBook 
contacts know that we had made it out safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for 
many of our friends and family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this 
certainly isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method 
by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of 
any service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  This, along with follow-up groups etc 
gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like FaceBook during emergency 
events.  Granted, there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms, 
but this feature certainly was positive.
Later...
  Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use
twitter for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you
Scott when it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year
for the most part. I might log in every now and then.
On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:

I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a
mirror and then snort it through my straw.


-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get
is I do like watching content on youtube and other video sources but
I’m more of a passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated
on twitter and so forth.



On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

  Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted
to this. (smiles)

 From 

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[CHUCK REICHEL]

Hi Simon,

Yes it is!
We have our accordion shutters locked and loaded here in Sunrise FL! :)

SF believers have prayed it west & we are believing for  it to dissipate and 
leave!
Its a big 1!
Chuck
"God does not play dice with the universe"
"Albert Einstein’


On Sep 8, 2017, at 9:21 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:

> Well it's making a  mess of the carribian!
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T.
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 4:10 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
> 
>Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight for 
> Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was impossible 
> to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the air as to where 
> it will go.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to be 
>> garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake news and 
>> other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  It's not just 
>> social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the History Channel.  
>> Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show made-up material as 
>> well, and the puny little disclaimer is often difficult to notice by sighted 
>> folks let alone people like us.
>> 
>> Oh well, I digress.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Tim,
>>   This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably 
>> agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt 
>> the power of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.
>> 
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>> 
>> On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during 
>>> an emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray 
>>> due to the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating 
>>> something to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  
>>> We were able to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out 
>>> safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for many of our friends and 
>>> family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this certainly 
>>> isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of 
>>> method by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in 
>>> order for this to be of any service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  
>>> This, along with follow-up groups etc gave me a new appreciation for the 
>>> power of social media like FaceBook during emergency events.  Granted, 
>>> there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms, but 
>>> this feature certainly was positive.
>>> Later...
>>>  Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use 
>>> twitter for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you 
>>> Scott when it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year 
>>> for the most part. I might log in every now and then.
>>> On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a 
>>>> mirror and then snort it through my straw.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>>>> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
>>>> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via 
>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.

RE: Social Media and Preparedness

[Simon Fogarty]

Well it's making a  mess of the carribian!

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of E.T.
Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2017 4:10 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight for 
Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was impossible 
to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the air as to where 
it will go.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to be 
> garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake news and 
> other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  It's not just 
> social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the History Channel.  
> Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show made-up material as 
> well, and the puny little disclaimer is often difficult to notice by sighted 
> folks let alone people like us.
> 
> Oh well, I digress.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Tim,
>This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably 
> agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the 
> power of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.
> 
>  From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>> Hi,
>> FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an 
>> emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due 
>> to the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating 
>> something to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  We 
>> were able to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out 
>> safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for many of our friends and 
>> family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this certainly 
>> isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of 
>> method by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in 
>> order for this to be of any service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  
>> This, along with follow-up groups etc gave me a new appreciation for the 
>> power of social media like FaceBook during emergency events.  Granted, 
>> there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms, but 
>> this feature certainly was positive.
>> Later...
>>   Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use 
>> twitter for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you 
>> Scott when it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year 
>> for the most part. I might log in every now and then.
>> On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a 
>>> mirror and then snort it through my straw.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>>> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
>>> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via 
>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>>>
>>> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get 
>>> is I do like watching content on youtube and other video sources but 
>>> I’m more of a passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated 
>>> on twitter and so forth.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted 
>>>> to this. (smiles)
>>>>
>>>>  From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>&g

Re: Social Media and Preparedness - Facebook

[Jonathan Cohn]

 thing I have done which I I don't remember the exact procedure was to go into 
my Facebook settings and put family members and those very close to me to sort 
up to the top of my Facebook newsfeed. Certainly if you have a close friend or 
family that spews a lot of questionable links to Facebook this won't help very 
much.

Another feature of Facebook if you are attempting to tune it down is to click 
on the options of the post often times you can say don't show me posts from the 
Candy Crush app or some such equivalent. I haven't done this in a while but it 
certainly can help at putting what you want to see near the top so you don't 
have to skim as much garbage from items that interest you. Any chance there is 
an posting for blind folks on how to get the most out of Facebook or other 
social media?

There certainly is a need for such!

  thing I 
Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Sep 4, 2017, at 11:51 AM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Tim,
>   This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably 
> agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the 
> power of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>> Hi,
>> FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an 
>> emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due 
>> to the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating 
>> something to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  We 
>> were able to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out 
>> safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for many of our friends and 
>> family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this certainly 
>> isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of 
>> method by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in 
>> order for this to be of any service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  
>> This, along with follow-up groups etc gave me a new appreciation for the 
>> power of social media like FaceBook during emergency events.  Granted, 
>> there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms, but 
>> this feature certainly was positive.
>> Later...
>>  Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter
>> for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when
>> it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most
>> part. I might log in every now and then.
>> On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror
>>> and then snort it through my straw.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>>> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
>>> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>>> 
>>> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do
>>> like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a
>>> passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so
>>> forth.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to
>>>> this. (smiles)
>>>> 
>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world,
>>>> all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>>>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with
>>>>> your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news
>>>>> and staying informed.  You could follow 

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[Scott Granados]

Things haven’t changed that much, porn is still one of the biggest financial 
drivers on the internet.  A very large percentage of the over all traffic is 
adult content.  When I was running my carrier business I had several adult 
content providers as customers.  They were some of the best clients you could 
ask for.  Always wanting more and more bandwidth, paid on time every time and 
pushed a lot of traffic that was destined for over seas networks making peering 
attractive for overseas players helping me build connections that delivered 
very good international connectivity.  The South Koreans for example download a 
massive amount of US adult content.  Helped me set up several lasting 
relationships with Koreatel and KDDI Japan.:)
Adult content is also in a small way helping the adoption of IPv6.  At 
one point there was a porn site that was available completely for free but only 
over IPv6.  It motivated a few folks to deploy a dual stack arrangement if you 
know what I mean.:). Free adult content is a motivator.




> On Sep 4, 2017, at 12:01 PM, David & his pack of dogs 
> <myguidedo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> There is good and bad in most things.  Years ago, the older ones viewed 
> computers as A just another book keeping device or B a way of getting porn 
> secretly. I heard one of those comments a long time ago.  Face book was used 
> to advertise the opening of a new restaurant. Also, as mentioned when there 
> were forest fires in B C, a way of giving updates and notifying friends that 
> one was alright and keeping them a breast of evacuation orders.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T.
> Sent: September 4, 2017 8:52 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
> 
> Tim,
>This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably 
> agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the 
> power of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an 
>> emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due 
>> to the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating 
>> something to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  We 
>> were able to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out 
>> safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for many of our friends and 
>> family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this certainly 
>> isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of 
>> method by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in 
>> order for this to be of any service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  
>> This, along with follow-up groups etc gave me a new appreciation for the 
>> power of social media like FaceBook during emergency events.  Granted, 
>> there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms, but 
>> this feature certainly was positive.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter 
>> for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when 
>> it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most 
>> part. I might log in every now and then.
>> 
>> On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a 
>>> mirror and then snort it through my straw.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>>> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
>>> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via 
>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>>> 
>>> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get 
>>> is I do like watching content on youtube and other video sources but 
>>> I’m more of a passive user of so

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[E.T.]

   Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight 
for Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was 
impossible to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the 
air as to where it will go.


From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

Hi,

Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to be 
garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake news and 
other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  It's not just 
social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the History Channel.  
Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show made-up material as well, 
and the puny little disclaimer is often difficult to notice by sighted folks 
let alone people like us.

Oh well, I digress.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

Tim,
   This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably agree 
the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the power 
of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

Hi,
FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an emergency 
situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to the wildfire, a 
notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something to the nature of "Let 
your friends and family know your safe".  We were able to let all our FaceBook 
contacts know that we had made it out safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for 
many of our friends and family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this 
certainly isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method 
by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of 
any service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  This, along with follow-up groups etc 
gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like FaceBook during emergency 
events.  Granted, there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms, 
but this feature certainly was positive.
Later...
  Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter
for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when
it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most
part. I might log in every now and then.
On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:

I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror
and then snort it through my straw.


-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do
like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a
passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so
forth.



On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

  Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to
this. (smiles)

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world,
all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:

O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with
your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news
and staying informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you
want and quickly get the latest.
Hope that helps.

On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

  I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times
of emergency, I may relent.

  Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful,
Facebook or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the
world, all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your
mind off  and 

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

Yeah.  You just need to be discerning.  Sadly, there's always going to be 
garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake news and 
other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff.  It's not just 
social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the History Channel.  
Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show made-up material as well, 
and the puny little disclaimer is often difficult to notice by sighted folks 
let alone people like us.

Oh well, I digress.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

Tim,
  This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably agree 
the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the power 
of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.

>From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
 "God for you is where you sweep away all the
 mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
 our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
 and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi,
> FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an 
> emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to 
> the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something 
> to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  We were able 
> to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out safely and were 
> OK.  This was a huge relief for many of our friends and family as they 
> followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this certainly isn't foolproof as 
> one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method by which you can 
> connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of any 
> service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  This, along with follow-up 
> groups etc gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like 
> FaceBook during emergency events.  Granted, there's a ton of garbage on 
> FaceBook and other social media platforms, but this feature certainly was 
> positive.
> Later...
>  Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter
> for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when
> it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most
> part. I might log in every now and then.
> On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror
>> and then snort it through my straw.
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
>> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>> 
>> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do
>> like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a
>> passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so
>> forth.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to
>>> this. (smiles)
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world,
>>> all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with
>>>> your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news
>>>> and staying informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you
>>>> want and quickly get the latest.
>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>  I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times
>>>>> of emergency, I may relent.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful,
>>>>> Facebook or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.
>>>>> 
>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>&

RE: Social Media and Preparedness

[David & his pack of dogs]

There is good and bad in most things.  Years ago, the older ones viewed 
computers as A just another book keeping device or B a way of getting porn 
secretly. I heard one of those comments a long time ago.  Face book was used to 
advertise the opening of a new restaurant. Also, as mentioned when there were 
forest fires in B C, a way of giving updates and notifying friends that one was 
alright and keeping them a breast of evacuation orders.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of E.T.
Sent: September 4, 2017 8:52 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

Tim,
This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably 
agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the 
power of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
   "God for you is where you sweep away all the
   mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
   our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
   and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an 
> emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to 
> the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something 
> to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  We were able 
> to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out safely and were 
> OK.  This was a huge relief for many of our friends and family as they 
> followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this certainly isn't foolproof as 
> one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method by which you can 
> connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of any 
> service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  This, along with follow-up 
> groups etc gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like 
> FaceBook during emergency events.  Granted, there's a ton of garbage on 
> FaceBook and other social media platforms, but this feature certainly was 
> positive.
> 
> Later...
>   
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter 
> for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when 
> it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most 
> part. I might log in every now and then.
> 
> On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a 
>> mirror and then snort it through my straw.
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
>> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via 
>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>>
>> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get 
>> is I do like watching content on youtube and other video sources but 
>> I’m more of a passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on 
>> twitter and so forth.
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted 
>>> to this. (smiles)
>>>
>>>  From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the 
>>> world, all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your 
>>> mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>
>>> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected 
>>>> with your family and friends and twitter would be the best for 
>>>> gathering news and staying informed.  You could follow the news 
>>>> sites or aggregators you want and quickly get the latest.
>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in 
>>>>> times of emergency, I may relent.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most 
>>>>> useful, Facebook or Twitte

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[Scott Granados]

This makes sense and cell service is pretty reliable even during these natural 
disasters.  Some carriers put more emphasis on disaster recovery than others, 
Verizon for example used to build generators in to all of their major towers 
and distribution points, others might focus lesss on generators but might have 
batteries which would carry for a while and so forth.  Even during Harvey the 
news gathering organizations were having some success using the cell networks 
for their broadcasts.  A lot of locations are going to smaller cells more 
densely placed so there aren’t the big towers to fall over and be damaged in 
the wind.  YOu’ll have little devices the size of lunch boxes scattered on 
poles and roofs so you can lose some sites but still be fully functional.  They 
also form wireless meshes so there’s fewer physical fibers and cables to break 
and disrupt communications.  Definitely aren’t perfect yet and you still need 
that old battery operated transistor radio in case the sites go out and you 
have 0 communication but at least thought is being put in to designing networks 
that with stand these events now.



> On Sep 4, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an 
> emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to 
> the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something 
> to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  We were able 
> to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out safely and were 
> OK.  This was a huge relief for many of our friends and family as they 
> followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this certainly isn't foolproof as 
> one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method by which you can 
> connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of any 
> service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  This, along with follow-up 
> groups etc gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like 
> FaceBook during emergency events.  Granted, there's a ton of garbage on 
> FaceBook and other social media platforms, but this feature certainly was 
> positive.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter
> for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when
> it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most
> part. I might log in every now and then.
> 
> On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror
>> and then snort it through my straw.
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
>> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>> 
>> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do
>> like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a
>> passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so
>> forth.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to
>>> this. (smiles)
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world,
>>> all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with
>>>> your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news
>>>> and staying informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you
>>>> want and quickly get the latest.
>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times
>>>>> of emergency, I may relent.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful,
>>>>> Facebook or Twitter?

Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[E.T.]

Tim,
   This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would 
probably agree the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in 
Texas who felt the power of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.


From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

Hi,

FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an emergency 
situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to the wildfire, a 
notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something to the nature of "Let 
your friends and family know your safe".  We were able to let all our FaceBook 
contacts know that we had made it out safely and were OK.  This was a huge relief for 
many of our friends and family as they followed the scary news of the event.  Now, this 
certainly isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method 
by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of 
any service.  But it is very useful in my opinion.  This, along with follow-up groups etc 
gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like FaceBook during emergency 
events.  Granted, there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms, 
but this feature certainly was positive.

Later...
  
Tim Kilburn

Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:

I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter
for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when
it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most
part. I might log in every now and then.

On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:

I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror
and then snort it through my straw.


-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do
like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a
passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so
forth.



On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

  Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to
this. (smiles)

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world,
all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:

O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with
your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news
and staying informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you
want and quickly get the latest.
Hope that helps.

On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:

  I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times
of emergency, I may relent.

  Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful,
Facebook or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.

 From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the
world, all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your
mind off  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

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Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an 
emergency situation.  Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to 
the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something to 
the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe".  We were able to 
let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out safely and were OK.  
This was a huge relief for many of our friends and family as they followed the 
scary news of the event.  Now, this certainly isn't foolproof as one needs a 
device like an iPhone, and some sort of method by which you can connect to 
FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of any service.  But 
it is very useful in my opinion.  This, along with follow-up groups etc gave me 
a new appreciation for the power of social media like FaceBook during emergency 
events.  Granted, there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media 
platforms, but this feature certainly was positive.

Later...
 
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <lenro...@gmail.com> wrote:

I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter
for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when
it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most
part. I might log in every now and then.

On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror
> and then snort it through my straw.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
> 
> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do
> like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a
> passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so
> forth.
> 
> 
>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>>  Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to
>> this. (smiles)
>> 
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world,
>> all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>> 
>> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with
>>> your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news
>>> and staying informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you
>>> want and quickly get the latest.
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times
>>>> of emergency, I may relent.
>>>> 
>>>>  Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful,
>>>> Facebook or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.
>>>> 
>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the
>>>> world, all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your
>>>> mind off  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>> 
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Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[lenron brown]

I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter
for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when
it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most
part. I might log in every now and then.

On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror
> and then snort it through my straw.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
>
> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do
> like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a
> passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so
> forth.
>
>
>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>>   Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to
>> this. (smiles)
>>
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world,
>> all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>
>> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with
>>> your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news
>>> and staying informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you
>>> want and quickly get the latest.
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times
>>>> of emergency, I may relent.
>>>>
>>>>   Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful,
>>>> Facebook or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.
>>>>
>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the
>>>> world, all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your
>>>> mind off  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>>
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RE: Social Media and Preparedness

[Simon Fogarty]

I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror and 
then snort it through my straw.

 
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness

I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do 
like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a 
passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so forth.


> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>   Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to 
> this. (smiles)
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the world, 
> all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off  
> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with your 
>> family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news and 
>> staying informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you want 
>> and quickly get the latest.
>> Hope that helps.
>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>   I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times of 
>>> emergency, I may relent.
>>> 
>>>   Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful, 
>>> Facebook or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the  mysteries of the 
>>> world, all the challenges to  our intelligence. You simply turn your 
>>> mind off  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
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[Scott Granados]

I don’t find it addicting but that’s me.  I think the closest I get is I do 
like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a 
passive user of social media.  I get news aggregated on twitter and so forth.


> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T.  wrote:
> 
>   Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to this. 
> (smiles)
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
>  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
>  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with your 
>> family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news and 
>> staying informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you want 
>> and quickly get the latest.
>> Hope that helps.
>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T.  wrote:
>>> 
>>>   I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times of 
>>> emergency, I may relent.
>>> 
>>>   Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful, 
>>> Facebook or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
>>>  "God for you is where you sweep away all the
>>>  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
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Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[E.T.]

   Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to 
this. (smiles)


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On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:

O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with your 
family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news and staying 
informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you want and quickly 
get the latest.

Hope that helps.


On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T.  wrote:

   I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times of 
emergency, I may relent.

   Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful, Facebook 
or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.

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Re: Social Media and Preparedness

[Scott Granados]

O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with your 
family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news and staying 
informed.  You could follow the news sites or aggregators you want and quickly 
get the latest.

Hope that helps.

> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T.  wrote:
> 
>   I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times of 
> emergency, I may relent.
> 
>   Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful, Facebook 
> or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
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