A Geek Dinner in New Orleans
We'll be dropping by a Geek Dinner in New Orleans. Unfortunately I won't be there in person enjoying jambalaya, collard greens and cornbread (wow that made me hungry) Instead we'll be doing what we call a "simul-rec" i.e. we talk via phone but record both sides of the conversation as mp3's cutting them together later. It's a year on from Katrina and the city still has many problems. I'll be asking George from Humid City and a number of his fellow geeks what citizen journalists can do to help.
But it occurs to me we should be virtually attending events like this in other places. Perhaps we should make a "blog city roundup" a regular feature. If you belong to a bloggers group based in a particular village, town or city and would like to talk about life in your city drop us a note or leave a comment.
UPDATE: Kalypso, one of the attendees at the dinner made this film at Mardi Gras. It's a great piece of citizen journalism; my attempts at film usually have people going "oh that's why you work in radio" and I'm three times Kalypso's age.
UPDATEII George sent us this link to his photos of the Geek Dinner
UPDATE III Ran short of time to cut together the two sides of the interview this week so will run next Monday
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I hope that the Blog dedicated to Hurricane Katrina serves to tell the story of what happened and how it could be prevented.
Miami Florida was affected by Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, and Hurricane Wilma.
During Hurricane Katrina, my Aunt [who was on a Respirator] died because of the lack of electricity and the ambulance [in Miami] arrived TOO LATE to take her to the hospital. We were without electricity and anarchy was reigning for gasoline, water, and foods.
Hurricane Rita did the same thing in Miami and left us without electrioity and people were forming lines in petrol stations. There were two weeks of anarchy with fights over the little petrol, and food.
Hurricane Wilma also created the same type of instability, and anarchy that existed. We were without electricity, food. People were beginning to ask for regime change [a government without Republicans and Democrats].
During this time, My Family, My Short Wave Radio, and listening to the BBC on the few Internet Cafes in Petrol Stations that were functioning.
Thank You BBC for being there during our times of crisis.