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When Katrina hit, I remember finding the blog of a guy who had a company doing custom websites in New Orleans on the front page of hacker news. He stayed there
by lukejduncan 9y ago
When Katrina hit, I remember finding the blog of a guy who had a company doing custom websites in New Orleans on the front page of hacker news. He stayed there through the storm and after, and I remember sitting in the undergraduate library at Wayne State University fighting back tears reading it. This had a similar affect on me. Very powerful story.
It wasn't clear to me, but I'd love to learn more about the tech powering this app. Is it open source? Is it somehow decentralized?
- joshdance 9y agoI remember the same blog. He talked about fuel running out, posted pictures from the high rise etc?
- lukejduncan 9y agoThat sounds right
- acchow 9y agoLink please?
- harryh 9y agoYou might be thinking about https://interdictor.livejournal.com/2005/08/ https://interdictor.livejournal.com/2005/08/ ?
- justajot 9y agoThe Interdictor // this is the one that I remember. I was glued to this guy's post during that time ... was fascinating.
- iamrecursion 9y agoThis is a haunting read, but gripping at the same time. Thank you for posting it.
- structural 9y agoWhat a blast from the past. Katrina hit during my senior year of undergrad and I went and refreshed that very same blog each hour for a day or two following along with events as they happened, as he saw them. Was an amazing perspective at the time.