Day 368: Why Don’t You Quietly Rebuild And Get On With Your Lives?
Posted on August 31, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, city planning, energy, environment, federal flood, government, katrina, new orleans, recovery | 13 Comments
August 29th has come and gone, and the token visit by Arbusto and camera crews with it. The nation has poured out a little liquor for L’Isle d’Orleans and returns to its business. Just like people died the city over last August 31st, the third battle of New Orleans continues today. We still need a rebuilding plan, disaster insurance relief, […]
Read More..>>Day 367: The Stuff Of Books
Posted on August 30, 2006 - Filed Under books, computing & internet, katrina, new orleans | 9 Comments
Oyster and I.D.Reilly analyze John Barry’s latest Op-Ed piece in USA Today: “A City Worth Saving.” You must remember Barry as the author of 1998’s Rising Tide, a title that served as inspiration for an eponymous conference that occurred not too long ago. To give you some idea of the prescient and compelling quality of […]
Read More..>>Posted on August 30, 2006 - Filed Under blurbs, family & friends, katrina, new orleans | Leave a Comment
August 30, 2006 - Hurry to Smith Magazine and check out their feature on the Top 10 New Orleans blogs! B, Jon, Scout Prime, Metroblogging NO (!!), Richard, ThinkNOLA, Mark Folse and Oyster are in there (links provided). Also, thanks to oodles for the lovely Katrinaversary shout-out. Those who are worth it were thinking of New […]
Read More..>>Day 367: Partial Katrina Re-Enactment
Posted on August 30, 2006 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, pictures | Leave a Comment
The air-conditioning went out in my house last night. Those of you who currently live in New Orleans, Chennai, Singapore or such know exactly what this entails, and I don’t have to explain the stifling frustration. Even I, who doesn’t break a sweat walking in the noonday sun of New Orleans, cannot sleep a wink […]
Read More..>>Day 366: Meditation
Posted on August 29, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, katrina, new orleans | Leave a Comment
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Read More..>>Day 365: Out At Sea In A Storm
Posted on August 28, 2006 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, pictures, weather | 1 Comment
One year ago today, after Nagin called for a mandatory evacuation and I studied the animations and predictions, I wrote my last pre-Katrina blog post.
Then, D and I boarded up the front windows of the house, pulled the plants and rocks inside, packed up the Honda full of our most valued belongings and began […]
Read More..>>Day 364: We Did It!
Posted on August 27, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, citizen journalism, computing & internet, new orleans, rising tide conference | 4 Comments
A good night’s sleep goes a long way. On my way to this Tuesday’s work deadline, I’ve mostly recovered from the last two days of preparing for and executing the Rising Tide Conference with the best team of bloggers and neighborhood activists ever. A panorama of my fellow Rising Tide organizers and their work shows […]
Read More..>>Day 364: One Blog To Rule Them All
Posted on August 27, 2006 - Filed Under citizen journalism, computing & internet, new orleans, rising tide conference | 9 Comments
Da Po Blog was indeed in attendance and proposes the Rising Tide NOLA Blog.
That doesn’t mean we all have to agree.
Of course, it all depends on your goals. A group blog would swallow up the individual blogger’s voice. He or she would be seen within the framework of the greater blog and would have to […]
Day 364: Thank Goodness For Resurgent Memory
Posted on August 27, 2006 - Filed Under WTF, government, new orleans, rising tide conference | 7 Comments
I just remembered an odd occurrence during yesterday’s Rising Tide Conference.
The setup: During the Politics Panel Q&A session, Mark Folse asked the panel what they thought of the theory that Mitch Landrieu lost the last mayoral election because of historic white-New-Orleanian hatred against his father. If you’ve been following along at home, you know by […]
Day 363: Wilson, Moldy City, Adrastos, Duplantier & Landry At One Table
Posted on August 26, 2006 - Filed Under citizen journalism, computing & internet, government, new orleans, rising tide conference | 2 Comments
Post-lunch (Dunbar’s … mmmm). I’m the conference coordinator and just introduced Adrastos as moderator of the Politics Panel. Take it away, Shecky!
On Nagin’s Latest Remarks
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Peggy Wilson (PW) suggests we ignore Nagin.
David Jaynes (DJ) of Moldy City would like Nagin to have chosen his words better.
Michael Duplantier (MD) disagrees with Peggy in that Nagin’s words have […]
