[SDBUG] Help with Disaster Bulletin Board Web Site - ASAP

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Michael J McCafferty wrote:
> All,
>
> 	Every time there is some kind of emergency or disaster going on in the
> world I think, "Someone should build a web bulletin board...". Well, I
> am not evacuated this time (yet?), and I am in a unique situation to
> provide ample servers and bandwidth, etc. for such a project.
> 	I have experienced outages or poor performance with:
> http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/
> http://www.211sandiego.org/
> ...and many others that I found regarding info for these fires, via
> Google and links from local news station web sites.
>
> 	I figure a board could/should provide a place for:
>
> 1) social outlet
> 2) sharing of first hand information.
> 3) links to official sources of data.
> 3) re-posting of official data and press releases
> 4) Community offers of support
> 5) photos, stories and first hand accounts
>
> 	I need others who are willing to participate in the project:
> 1) Technical
> 2) Moderation
> 3) Creative
> 4) promotion and public awareness
>
> 	Starting immediately... or as soon as I can get a few volunteers. I
> myself will be volunteering and providing servers and bandwidth.
>
> 	Anyone want to join me for a project to help our neighbors ? Please
> contact me at this email address ASAP.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>   
Aloha Mike,

Hope you survive unaffected.

Can you also provide links to the City/County/State emergency services 
to catch their updates as well?

If you need an off site backup for your files I can give you some space 
on one of my servers here in Hawaii. About the most disaterous thing we 
get here is a rare power failure and I have 8 hour battery backup now. 

 
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