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"Murphy was an optimist!"

From the mouths of babes September 3, 2005 7:54 am

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Yesterday, or the day before–they all blend now–someone even said this is a weekend and that its got 3 days in it–who would know, Amy sits in my lap and has these words:

Amy climbing into my lap: I’m going to disappeared your computer.
Amy extends those cute little arms and holds her fingers up so that her hand is 90 degrees to her arms and palms are parallel to the monitor. She then using her whole arm moves her hands in concentric circles: woo woo woo wooo.
Amy: There, I disappeared your computer. It’s gone.

With a laugh and a tear in my eye I wrapped up what I was doing and spent some time with Amy.

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Of Grasshoppers September 3, 2005 7:34 am

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Student: Why can’t I get help?
Master: Have you asked?

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It is a train! September 2, 2005 10:21 pm

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The end is near.

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A Picture of George September 2, 2005 2:26 pm

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From WhiteHouse.org

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I’m Standing Downwind September 2, 2005 12:12 pm

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Wow! That’s a really BIG fan. Why’s that elephant standing in front of it?

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Terror is on American Soil Again September 2, 2005 9:23 am

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Hello George! It’s back. You have terrorism on American soil during your watch again. The terrorists are in New Orleans blowing up the chemical factories. Your inability to bring order to the city is exponentiating the disaster. Please quit playing president and actually try to be a president for a few days. Sincerely, a voter.

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Something Going on at the State Trooper’s Office September 2, 2005 8:12 am

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There is a podium and camera crew set up in the parking lot of the State Trooper’s Office near West Town Mall.

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What Could Happen Paper September 2, 2005 4:07 am

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Here’s an article that was written in response to Ivan. "What if Hurricane Ivan Had Not Missed New Orleans?"

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New Orleans Scanners September 2, 2005 3:04 am

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If you want to read or listen to the radio chatter in New Orleans then the following links might be useful to you. You will need a program like mIrc or Chatzilla or Trillian to participate in irc:// but just a browser for http://. I will make this a more meaningful post later.

http://216.22.26.45:8002 | http://ods.org:8001/scan | http://tinyurl.com/dc4tx | http://64.202.112.69:8080/scanner | http://www.goodphuck.com:8088/listen.pls | http://us3.comclub.org:8000/no_scanner | http://stream.etherkiller.de:8000/no.mp3

http://nola-intel.org/

irc://irc.freenode.net/%23-scanner
http://216.14.30.229:8001/

irc://irc.freenode.net/%23interdictor-chat
irc://irc.freenode.net/%23interdictor

http://wiki.nola-intel.org/index.php/Radio_Info
http://wiki.nola-intel.org/index.php/Radio_Codes

You are now on irc.freenode.net #interdictor | http://www.nola-intel.org | This channel is for news and information submission only. We have set up #interdictor-chat as a place for chat. | #interdictor-digest | #interdictor-scanner -scanner2 | #interdictor-tech | #interdictor-relief | Media members, please send a message to a Channel Operator | http://www.nola-intel.org/pictures/ , http://ods.org:8001/scan feed 1, http://ods.org:8003/fema feed 2

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Satellite Picture With Meaning – Help! September 1, 2005 9:58 pm

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Look closely at this satellite picture. People have used debris to spell out "help."

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Blame Bush Game September 1, 2005 8:24 pm

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This says it all and it would be an injustice to even attempt to summarize his great writeup. But I will include his closing paragraphs:

So: A crony with no relevant experience was installed as head of FEMA. Mitigation budgets for New Orleans were slashed even though it was known to be one of the top three risks in the country. FEMA was deliberately downsized as part of the Bush administration’s conservative agenda to reduce the role of government. After DHS was created, FEMA’s preparation and planning functions were taken away.

Actions have consequences. No one could predict that a hurricane the size of Katrina would hit this year, but the slow federal response when it did happen was no accident. It was the result of four years of deliberate Republican policy and budget choices that favor ideology and partisan loyalty at the expense of operational competence. It’s the Bush administration in a nutshell.

Please go read the details. I didn’t vote for him.

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Programming tidbit September 1, 2005 1:10 pm

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It’s http_referer not http_referrer. From dictionary.com:

referer
A misspelling of “referrer” which somehow
made it into the HTTP standard. A given web page’s
referer (sic) is the URL of whatever web page contains the
link that the user followed to the current page. Most
browsers pass this information as part of a request.
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The Funnies Begin September 1, 2005 12:31 pm

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The best gas parody yet!

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Of Grasshoppers September 1, 2005 10:25 am

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Student: It is so hard to appreciate what you have until it is gone.

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Encourage Cash Donations September 1, 2005 9:32 am

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Wish I had the link for an article I read. It made a lot of sense. Discussed why now is not the time to rush to New Orleans to lead your skills and why we should donate money instead of water or food or equipment. Basically, if you take goods to the American Red Cross then they have to pay to ship them to the disaster area. The ARC has buying leverage that we don’t. They can get the water wholesale closer to the scene thereby saving money by not shipping and also getting more bang for the buck.

So you have skills? Unless you have been trained by the ARC then your skills may not yet be valuable and your presence could actually be hinderance. If you have the skills then the Red Cross has probably already contacted you. You can also contact your local ARC to see if they need you now.

Help prepare for future disasters by becoming trained by the American Red Cross today! Encourage cash donations.

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