Some 60 hours ago I joined the fray, working together with a rag-tag, barely organised group of people intent on providing help as disaster loomed (no offense intended). I jumped in and did what I thought I could do, organising and cleaning up the templates, editing HTML, adding info as I could. Others did the same, handling things they're good at and working together toward a common goal. The result was a series of Mothership and child diaries which provided information for those affected by Hurricane Gustav. The Mother & Child method is necessary to both defeat a technical system designed to drop a story within a day or so and a desire not to "pollute" the diary list.
Did we help? Dunno. Can't say, at least not until we hear from people who were there over the coming weeks. I'd like to think we did and can't honestly belive we didn't help at least a couple of folks out there. And just as we wrap up Gustav, Hurricane Hanna is on it's way toward the East Coast.
We need basic information and just a few minutes of your time can make this whole exercise a lot easier. Follow me below the fold for ways to help a lot of people now and in the future with minimal effort.
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