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Hurricane Katrina and Waveland, MS (RSS)

Posting what i know about Waveland and Bay St. Louis, MS.
First .NET User Group created back home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
It feels weird not to append a # at the end of a blog title.  Oh Tip of the Day, what have you done to me? Anyways… I’m really excited to see a .NET User Group get created back home.  Shout outs to Keith Elder and Aubrey Cote for getting this Read More...
The Twelve Yats of Christmas (12 days of Christmas - New Orleans Style)
I'm in New Orleans right now (Miss Gulf Coast to be exact), and I just heard The 12 Yats of Christmas on the radio today.  Hysterical.  Anyone from New Orleans will crack up listening to this. The music video is up on youtube of course, but Read More...
My Channel 9 Interview: "Katrina Survivor: This box is all that is left of this person’s or her families belongings. Careful"
Yesterday, my Channel 9 interview went live that we did about a month ago on Blogging and Katrina (2 years in review), and of course, women in technology. You'll note that I'm still talking about the power toys stuff, because my transition to the CodePlex Read More...
Hurricane Katrina 2 years later + NBC Nightly News Interview with my Mom
2 years later... Let's take a second to raise our morning coffee cups in honor of the people of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast on this day. And for those in Seattle, try to point towards the space needle (i just always wanted to say that). Read More...
10 year high school reunion at Mardi Gras 2007 - Laissez les bons temps rouler encore a Nouvelle Orleans!
Only 3 months behind on my blogging... What a crazy, crazy week. Wish i could share more, but not really. You'll just have to trust me on this one =) high school reunion photos pass christian parade, aka Kinski's photos Mardi Gras Day photos - all work Read More...
Bay-Waveland Bridge Opens!!!
Yesterday, the Bay-Waveland Bridge opened, reuniting the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I can't even begin to describe the significance of this. I would say, "imagine if the 520 or I-90 bridge went out one day," but it doesn't really translate well. It's closer Read More...
Seattle Seahawks's lost yesterday may have saved the city of New Orleans
Could you imagine if the Saints had played Chicago for a chance at the superbowl in the Superdome? New Orleans may have (barely) survived Katrina, but it wouldn't have survived that football game. Had the Seahawks won, i would have changed my flight back Read More...
Turkey Day Katrina Style
Yeah, way behind on blogging.... Not much to report in terms of progress in Waveland's recovery since this summer . Running out of propane in one's FEMA trailer was not fun, bringing the temp inside the winterized trailer to 41 degrees. The temps back Read More...
Katrina 1 year later - Celebrate Life event schedule in Waveland today
Posted with permission from author. Over the next few days, i'll look for photos online to link to. To all those who have helped: We know that we will never be able to remember or to thank all those who came to our aid after Katrina. Some gave gifts of Read More...
Our Community Session Rocked!!
Well, that’s what Dave Winer (the father of blogging as we know it) told me just now. Well, he said something along the lines of it was really, really good. The live blogging transcript should be available right now, and the podcast will be available Read More...
How I made Lewis Black Depressed
Tonight at Borders at Redmond Town Center, we attended a book signing by Lewis Black. He did about 15 minutes stand-up going off on Seattle, Coffee, and the name “Redmond Town Center”. Of course, Borders had to put him in the children’s section for his Read More...
Waveland, Blogs, and BlogHer Q&A
As my constant readers know, i'm speaking at BlogHer in two weeks in San Jose. In preparation, I asked some of my blogging peers for questions they would like answered during my trip to Waveland. Here are the answers. Who else is on the panel? I'm going Read More...
Katrina Ground Zero - 10 months later - Progress is in the eye of the beholder
Finally, I’m making myself sit down and write about my trip to Waveland, returning to Katrina ground zero 10 months later. I’ve found that after both trips, it’s really hard to sit down and write about everything that has happened. I’m Read More...
Heading Back to Katrina Ground Zero 1 year later / BlogHer Presentation Outline
I'm headed back on this Friday for my 10 year high school reunion to be held hopefully somewhere. The school's website hasn't been updated with the latest details, so a bunch of us are just going to meet up at the Crab Fest after the Race to Rebuild . Read More...
Pave the Wave! - Rebuilding Waveland one brick at a time
Below is The Giving Circle's latest fundrasing effort. Definitely worth checking out the before / after shot of City Hall - it's the first before-Katrina shot of City Hall i've seen on the web. Also of interest is the stat that only 35 homes out of 8,000 Read More...
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