Comments on: Disconnected http://bub.blicio.us/disconnected/ Covering the social economy driving the new Web Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:04:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charles Barilleauxhttp://bub.blicio.us/disconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-75598 Charles Barilleaux Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:57:06 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=111111227#comment-75598 I'm originally from Louisiana--my sister said Lake Charles, the city I grew up in, saw worse flooding from Ivan than Rita.What struck me most about Cincinnati's hurricane experience was how much information I had access to. When stuck at my daughter's school, I was able to hit the web from my phone. I saw WCPO's web site and saw things on Twitter.On one hand, it gave me an idea about how just bad it was. For that matter, it was Facebook that clued me in to how my family in Louisiana was faring.On the other, it presented scenarios to worry about. Was my house OK? Was there a fire. I’m originally from Louisiana–my sister said Lake Charles, the city I grew up in, saw worse flooding from Ivan than Rita.

What struck me most about Cincinnati’s hurricane experience was how much information I had access to. When stuck at my daughter’s school, I was able to hit the web from my phone. I saw WCPO’s web site and saw things on Twitter.

On one hand, it gave me an idea about how just bad it was. For that matter, it was Facebook that clued me in to how my family in Louisiana was faring.

On the other, it presented scenarios to worry about. Was my house OK? Was there a fire.

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