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Hurricane Katrina - Personal Stories

My post will be one among many on this subject I'm sure, but if you only read one account of Hurricane Katrina, then make it this one from two paramedics from California that were attending the EMS conference in New Orleans.

Big Ideas

"Eating, sleeping, procreating, laughing - and trying to create a world in which we can do these things unmolested - have all been far greater drivers of human ingenuity than time machines or battery-operated scooters."

"We may no longer hold high hopes of the state, but if the study of individuals reminds us of our common humanity and prompts us to reassess the merits of the collective, let’s welcome it."

Barbara Gunnell - New Statesman, 26 July 2004

Concorde - Final Takeoff Recording

Amongst all the hyperbole that was the coverage of Concorde's final flight, I found this gem of a recording.

Airband radio scanning has always had a certain bizarre attraction to me. However, the best bit in this case is near the end, where the pilot is clearly negotiating with Air Traffic Control to fly over his house .....

[Update: Dead link replaced, please be kind to my bandwidth!]

Blackout in the US

Some alternative and amusing pictures of the US blackout in NYC from World New York

There's also, a public moblog over at Text America.