Comments on: Evacuating http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ruth http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3506 Ruth Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:56:43 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3506 Jeff: Grammar grannies run in my family. You were excited, it's understandable. Looks like NO has a long rebuilding process ahead, and now it's unhealthy to be in the city limits at all. After many earthquakes, Japan has developed an extremely resilient building design, and all building going on at present requires that resilience to earthquake shaking. Maybe rebuilding will require NO buildings to include a building standard that allows for high water (as I mention above, in the bayous houses are built on stilts). Jeff:
Grammar grannies run in my family.

You were excited, it’s understandable.

Looks like NO has a long rebuilding process ahead, and now it’s unhealthy to be in the city limits at all. After many earthquakes, Japan has developed an extremely resilient building design, and all building going on at present requires that resilience to earthquake shaking. Maybe rebuilding will require NO buildings to include a building standard that allows for high water (as I mention above, in the bayous houses are built on stilts).

]]> By: Al Hill http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3500 Al Hill Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:20:26 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3500 No politics today ... I am taking the rest of the day and maybe the week off and working with the local Red Cross ... today we are going to install about 30 PC's that have been loaned to them onto their network for the processing of snail mail donations .. and then I am going to just do grunt work .. open and process donations -- run for coffe --- anything the people that know what they are doing want me to do ... I have been to NO many times and loved that city ... my heart goes out to every one on the Gulf coast ... No politics today … I am taking the rest of the day and maybe the week off and working with the local Red Cross … today we are going to install about 30 PC’s that have been loaned to them onto their network for the processing of snail mail donations .. and then I am going to just do grunt work .. open and process donations — run for coffe — anything the people that know what they are doing want me to do … I have been to NO many times and loved that city … my heart goes out to every one on the Gulf coast …

]]> By: TXBueller http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3422 TXBueller Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:03:58 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3422 www.RedCross.org is very slow. Hopefuly that means their getting alot of donations. Network for Good has a page of donation links to charities (including the Red Cross) mobilizing to help: http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/ . I just made a Red Cross donation via NetworkForGood's cart there very easily. http://www.RedCross.org is very slow. Hopefuly that means their getting alot of donations.

Network for Good has a page of donation links to charities (including the Red Cross) mobilizing to help: http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/ .

I just made a Red Cross donation via NetworkForGood’s cart there very easily.

]]> By: RSwan http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3416 RSwan Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:35:20 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3416 Don't worry Avenging Angel, in desperate times when people are suffering, there is always time to score political points. I mean, which matters more, people dying or temporary political advantage? Don’t worry Avenging Angel, in desperate times when people are suffering, there is always time to score political points. I mean, which matters more, people dying or temporary political advantage?

]]> By: Jeff Jarvis http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3414 Jeff Jarvis Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:14:32 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3414 marym: how humiliating. and i did it twice! marym:
how humiliating. and i did it twice!

]]> By: JennyD http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3412 JennyD Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:10:05 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3412 I just looked at the Times Picayune paper today, which is available online only. They did a tremendous job, formatting the paper for the web, making it available in PDF and HTML. They did a weblog, and provided a ton of photos--all easy to see. The NOTP, it appears, is learning how to do the news thing electronically. I just looked at the Times Picayune paper today, which is available online only. They did a tremendous job, formatting the paper for the web, making it available in PDF and HTML. They did a weblog, and provided a ton of photos–all easy to see.

The NOTP, it appears, is learning how to do the news thing electronically.

]]> By: JonBuck http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3411 JonBuck Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:06:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3411 This is the time when political parties don't matter. The main Red Cross office for my area is down the road. I'm going to head over there on my lunch hour and donate some money. This is the time when political parties don’t matter. The main Red Cross office for my area is down the road. I’m going to head over there on my lunch hour and donate some money.

]]> By: Ravo http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3409 Ravo Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:58:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3409 Re: Hurricanes, Divine Retribution and the Right.” That is such poop. Maybe Louisiana is red, but I doubt there is much red about New Orleans Re: Hurricanes, Divine Retribution and the Right.”

That is such poop.

Maybe Louisiana is red, but I doubt there is much red about New Orleans

]]> By: Jim Nelson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3407 Jim Nelson Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:41:13 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3407 "They also quoted a tourist from Philadelphia who watched looting comparing New Orleans to Baghdad" New Orleans is clearly a quagmire. The US needs to get out now and bring our troops home. After all, the only reason we're there in the first place is the oil. “They also quoted a tourist from Philadelphia who watched looting comparing New Orleans to Baghdad”

New Orleans is clearly a quagmire. The US needs to get out now and bring our troops home. After all, the only reason we’re there in the first place is the oil.

]]> By: marym http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3406 marym Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:35:51 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3406 How do you 'evactuate'? is it something eventuated with a vac? Sorry, had to tease. How do you ‘evactuate’? is it something eventuated with a vac?

Sorry, had to tease.

]]> By: AvengingAngel http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3398 AvengingAngel Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:27:20 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/30/evactuating/#comment-3398 In these times of American hyper-partisanship, even the response to an act of God like hurricane Katrina is revealing. For the full story, see: <b><a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000240.htm" rel="nofollow">"Hurricanes, Divine Retribution and the Right."</a></b> In these times of American hyper-partisanship, even the response to an act of God like hurricane Katrina is revealing.

For the full story, see:

“Hurricanes, Divine Retribution and the Right.”

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