September 1, 2005

On the Path of Hurricane Katrina Part 2

MSNBC and REUTERS both note the importance of the web for the victims of Huricane Katrina, as "a bulletin board for the missing, a source of moving personal narratives and a sounding board for frustrations over the pace of relief."
The Internet has been the only source of publication for The Times Picayune, the major New Orleans Newspaper, which has only published online for the last two days. There are also message boards, such as HurricaneKatrinaSurvivors for survivors and people looking for family members.
Flickr, the photo site owned by Yahoo, has posted personal photos and invited comments from viewers. Coverage of looting in New Orleans came from a web cam and accompanying text commentary on a Web log called "The Interdictor."

And today has been declared "Blogging for Katrina Day" by bloggers who have started therr own relief effort.

Posted by Mikolash-J at September 1, 2005 2:46 PM