Katrina

IABC to work with Habitat for Humanity before 2007 New Orleans conference

by Allan Jenkins on September 28, 2006

This just in on an all-member IABC email: New Orleans, Louisiana is the site of IABC’s 2007 International Conference on 24-27 June, where IABCers will take part in restoring New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. In March 2007,…

Recovery 2.0 Fiddles While Kashmir Burns: “We Don’t Have the Tools” is OUT as an Excuse (Reprise)

by Allan Jenkins on October 11, 2005

Friend Neville Hobson urges us to Help Victims of Pakistan Earthquake. With a death toll climbing north of 20,000, the October 2005 Kashmir Earthquake knocks the entire Atlantic Hurricane season into the corner. After the earthquake & tsunami last year,…

The New Orleans Diaspora

by Allan Jenkins on October 5, 2005

So where did everyone go in the wake of Hurricane Katrina? Here’s a map, based on 40,000 entries to various “I’m safe!” Katrina websites. The map at the EPodunk website is interactive. Via The Map Room.

Lesson for Communicators: Grassroots Tsunami Team Remobilizes For Katrina

by Allan Jenkins on September 9, 2005

What can ordinary people do in the face of catastrophe? Jeremy Pepper and Richard Edelman believe natural disasters are events that leave bloggers and wiki-builders powerless. Warren Bickford believes there’s little that IABC can do. (Addendum: Jeff Jarvis is hard…