Talk:Rising Tide Conference

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Do you really all the table cells centered? They might look better left aligned. Alan Gutierrez

Why don't we all just put our comments/discussion here? MarkFolse 11:42, 24 July 2006 (EDT)

Um, I'm becoming a Wikipediac, or Wikiholic or whatever. Thanks, Alan. Thanks a lot. dangerblond

[edit] Perception Problems and Blurbage

[edit] Perception Problems

  • dangerblond: I posted the letter that I sent out to all the bloggers in the comments of blogs where I didn't have an e-mail address. I posted it in the comments of Harry Shearer's blog, and this is a reply that was posted:
    • "We aim to be a "real life" demonstration of internet activism as the nation prepares to mark the one year anniversary of a massive natural disaster followed by governmental failures on a similar scale..." Dear dangerblond, this is your problem, you have no clue what you are talking about. New Orleans was a manmade disaster, since the failure of government occured prior to August 29, 2005. I do not hold much hope for your conference until you get the facts straight and accurate. Thus far, you are zip regarding New Orleans. Basing your conference on a fallacy, how could you possibily provide an education for anyone about August 29, 2005, when you are wrong from the get-go? Until you understand what happened, why it happened, how New Orleans today resulted from government failures of the levee protection system, how will you help? New Orleans was not destroyed by a massive natural disaster, it was destroyed by a massive failure of the levee protection system designed and built by the Corps of Engineers. Or are you purposely misinforming the public? Excuse me Harry, I am still stunned people do not understand this. By: haleywins on July 23, 2006 at 06:08pm http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/dont-call-fema-in-a-disa_b_25593.html Dude. Blogslapped me.dangerblond
  • MarkFolse 22:10, 23 July 2006 (EDT): I think it's important to tie it to Katrina, because in the national mind that is the event. At the same time, its critical that the event help communicate that New Orleans was about the flood and not the storm. Does there need to be a panel to talk about the meteorology, engineering, all of the technical aspects of what happened?
  • adrastos: Who is Haleywins and why can't he read?
  • I wish that haleywins guy hadn't been so venomous in his reply to Dangerblond, but I have to agree that "a massive natural disaster followed by governmental failures on a similar scale" misses the mark somewhat. However, recasting it as a "manmade disaster" might provoke others to scoff. Might I suggest something like "a massive diaster of civil engineering and government on all levels"? Anyone got any other ideas? I think getting the short blurb just right is pretty important. --Editor B 15:39, 24 July 2006 (EDT)
  • dangerblond: Ashley is re-crafting the mission statement to clarify that we know it was the levees. I hate for haleywins to win, but, not the first time it's happened. It will give me an excuse to post some more totally off-topic comments at Harry Shearer's website. As Ray Shea pointed out, though, the levees didn't just fall down one sunny day. Katrina was the fan that hit the shit, and she arrived on 8/29.

[edit] Mailing Lists

dangerblond: I have changed the heading "Interested Non-bloggers" to "Interested Folks." I am getting a tremendously gratifying response from NOLA, Louisiana, Diaspora bloggers, but not from non-bloggers. I also think "non-bloggers" leaves out people who blog, but not about our favorite subject. We need more people to sign up for updates.

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