Comments | cluebyfour: Katrina crash

cluebyfour

Katrina crash

Sep 02, 2005 00:19

irony, n: keeping a data center fully operational through a hurricane, flooding, looting and madness, only to be brought down by a Slashdot postingYes, it's another Katrina posting. Maybe you're well and truly sick of reading about it by now, for which I apologize-well, no, I don't apologize. It's my blog and I'll continue to be pissed off if I ( Read more... )

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dragon_smoke September 1 2005, 23:31:00 UTC

You do still care, right?

I do! Wish me (and someone else) luck- I am still trying to connect and help someone. I am sorry, I can't look at the sites you posted right now. I am tired of crying. And it hasn't just been Katrina, a lot of other shit was going on this week, but still- every time I read a story about the after-effects of Katrina it would send me into sobs. Or homicidal rages. I can't take that kind of mood swing without really good medication, of which I have none. Who the fuck would shoot at a rescue helicopter with no demands or plan- just randomly shooting shit in the wind?????????????

The Elf made a remark about how this didn't happen during the tsunami, and I could only voice the first thing that came to mind- of course not- they don't own guns over there.

Not that I am anti-gun, but shit people, this kind of anarchy didn't happen (or didn't get reported) during 9-11 or the big blackouts? So why can't NO hold it together long enough to NOT shoot at their rescuers?

tuesdays__grace September 1 2005, 23:36:39 UTC

thanks for that Map. WOW.

There is no parallel to draw with 9/11.

The Rodney King riots come to mind as a better parallel. People trashing and stealing from their own neighborhoods. The only difference being the first trigger was man-made, the second was nature-made. As you say, with 09-11, we could focus on an external enemy. This time it's ourselves.

blishlock posted a link to a live NO police scanner feed:

205.252.89.181:8000/live.m3u

jesterofsanity September 2 2005, 07:13:41 UTC

I'm getting an error from that (Invalid syntax?) but if it's the same one I found last night they encrypted it this morning and you can't really listen to it anymore. =/

cluebyfour September 2 2005, 08:07:02 UTC

I'm guessing they've secured a lot of their channels now.

ilcylic September 2 2005, 01:33:35 UTC

Care, hell. I'm trying to figure out what to do.

Lots of people say "Donate cash, Going there on your own will just cause more problems of logistics."

But I don't see the people on the ground solving a lot of problems.

-Ogre

jesterofsanity September 2 2005, 07:12:06 UTC

Thanks for the notice re: the stampede.

I'm linking this post for the people in my school community for the links to various blogs, if that's ok.

cluebyfour September 2 2005, 08:07:18 UTC

Sure, no problem.

jonathonjones September 2 2005, 10:05:16 UTC

Honestly, I find myself caring more about the bridge stampede than the Katrina destruction. The stampede seems much more tragic to me. Natural disasters are just a fact of life; people in California have to deal with earthquakes, people in Kansas have to deal with tornadoes, and people on the coast have to deal with hurricanes. And while I care and sympathize for the people who have been hurt by this hurricane, it doesn't bother me too much. It doesn't make me think "wow, that's fucked up ( ... )