[wsfii-discuss] Re: wsfii-discuss Digest, Vol 9, Issue 8

Mon Nov 7 19:29:40 UTC 2005

> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:47:21 +0530
> From: Arun Mehta <arunlists at softhome.net>
> Subject: [wsfii-discuss] Wireless Technologies Shine in Hurricane
> 	Aftermath
> To: Discuss list on the World Summit on Free Information
> 	Infrastructure	<wsfii-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
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> have the community wireless people who worked in the aftermath of Katrina similarly 
> documented their efforts? I would appreciate links. What lessons can we draw from the 
> experience?
> Arun

alas, we don't have the marketing/PR department that folks like Intel have.  ;) 
  we have attempted to collect some information -- early info is at: 
www.cuwireless.net/katrina -- later info has been moved to the 
www.radioresponse.org website.  there's been a lot of talk about the need to 
document the lessons learned and we're just waiting for folks to either have the 
time or for grant funding to come in to make a project of things.

--sascha

> http://www.intel.com/technology/magazine/communications/hurricane-relief-1105.htm
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>>"I wasn't surprised that the technology worked," said Cox. "I expected that. What surprised me was the fact that the widespread application of today's technologies—laptops, databases, and wireless networks—could reduce human suffering so greatly. For all of us, that was an enormous wake-up call."
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>>An important point about the networks Intel helped establish was that they were deliberately left open. Anyone with Wi-Fi technology access—a huge number of laptops in the U.S. alone—could get on the network, search the Web, email family and friends, and connect with loved ones. It is an excellent example of an open solution that gave people critical help in a time of need.
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Sascha Meinrath
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