---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:52:04 -0600 From: Jon Lebkowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Weblogsky] Inside the Bowl Inside the Bowl <http://mediajunkie.com/insidethebowl/> is a New Orleans blog started by Steve Seebol and Elizabeth Kahn, who've just returned to New Orleans. It's the first specifically post-Katrina blog I've seen, and I think it's going to be a powerful force for the reconstruction of the spirit as well as the physical infrastructure of the city. ....Many older people who evacuated could not deal with the stress. They left, but in many cases their health problems were more then they could handle. These deaths are not in the official death total, which is really just a body count. These people died in Houston, Dallas, Baton Rouge or lord knows where. They might have passed away anyway, but the storm didn?EUR^(TM)t make it easier. One of those who died, while evacuated, was my friend and father-in-law Fred Kahn. Fred had been sick for awhile. But when faced with the arduous task of leaving the city that he was born in, he rose to the occasion with oxygen tank at hand got in the car and left for the 7 hour trip to his daughter?EUR^(TM)s house in New Iberia, LA. We were all staying there for the first 3 weeks, and it was painful to watch Fred?EUR^(TM)s energy wane and his concentration falter. He knew there was a storm and that the world was no longer the way he remembered it, but he wasn?EUR^(TM)t sure what was going on directly around him. Fred was in exile 2 months slowly losing ground before he slumped over while watching a football game and left us. It makes me very sad that he had to endure so much hardship at the end of his life. He was a sweet and decent man. We miss him. Posted by Jon Lebkowsky <http://technorati.com/tag/jonlebkowsky> at 10:39 AM | Link <http://www.weblogsky.com/archives/000693.html> | Comments (0) <http://www.weblogsky.com/mt/szac.cgi?entry_id=693> | TrackBack (0) <http://www.weblogsky.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=693> | Posted to Blogging <http://www.weblogsky.com/archives/cat_blogging.html>, Culture <http://www.weblogsky.com/archives/cat_culture.html>, News <http://www.weblogsky.com/archives/cat_news.html>, The Earth <http://www.weblogsky.com/archives/cat_the_earth.html> -- Jon Lebkowsky CEO, Polycot - http://polycot.com Coordinator, SXSW Interactive 2006: Digital Convergence Track 503 W. 17th, Suite 100 Austin, TX 78701 Office phone; 512 482-0715 cell 512 762-6547 fax 512 857-0049 personal weblog: http://weblogsky.com http://public.2idi.com/=jonl
