about
pages
links
contact
Subscribe
Jun 18 2008

Natural Social at the Floodlines

 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

View Larger Map

It was an absolutely beautiful day to be outside, and regardless of how friendly the weather felt, I had planned on doing some good things today. I have to thank the Internet, mostly. Here's how I ended up sandbagging.

  1. Barack Obama's CRM system emailed me, based on my profile in his own social network,
  2. The next day, I experienced warm feelings about Senator Obama, not remembering why, and visited his website,
  3. The first banner greeting me on his website reminded me that sandbagging was more important than what I was doing just then,
  4. I left BarackObama.com and referred back to my email, where I was directed to an online resource with a local focus: MyFoxStl.com,
  5. I tweeted and posted a link on Facebook to invite people to come along (yes, I had company, thank you!),
  6. I used Google Maps to make sure I knew how to get to the site.

    7. Christian and I worked at the Winfield high school and I'm pretty sure we bagged a couple of tons of sand. Work went very fast, and there were plenty of interesting people to talk with, including Shelley Powers, who told and photographed her story today as well.

    Sadly, I just read that there was a major breach in Winfield tonight. I sincerely hope all of those people who were trying to get to their houses in Winfield today were able to get what they needed and get out. I also hope the amazing National Guard staff are all safe and sound. We can work very hard, and we can help each other out in tremendous ways, but sometimes nature just gets to claim ownership of the land.

    Everyone affected by the flooding is in my thoughts and prayers tonight. I wish them all peace, rest, and comfort, as soon as naturally possible. If there is still a need after I've finished working tomorrow, I believe I'll be heading back out.

    comments...

    Shelley (from 70.242.156.xxx) on 2008-06-19 06:00:51 said:
    I came home along 79 last night, probably not much before it was inundated from waters from the broken levee. Hopefully the other levees will hold.

    That was cool about the Barack Obama network emailing you. What a terrific idea.
    reply to this
    leave a comment
    name
    website
    comment title
    3000 character limit.
    Security Image
    web spam is a pain, please help me deal with it
    by typing these letters in the box.