Internet helps fire victims of Los Alamos Fire.
Its a wonderful thing to see the Internet help bond people together. Folks at ShoutCAST have a kick butt product. It allowed us to whip up a internet broadcast of the only radio station in Los Alamos and to get LIVE information to the evacuated towns people. Over 25,000 people where evac'd and are just now returning home. Folks like The New Mexico Internet Professional Assoc. put up a database to track people and to let them communicate with each other via BBS system. Folks at other ISP's around the state helped keep things glued together. Backbone provided by several companies. CW, Verio, UUNET, QWEST All ran without a hitch. The biggest thing was the ability to get informationn out to people as quickly and as correct as possible. We where able to use the power of the net to get the word out quickly about a wide range of things. I hope that other communities and the ISp's that service those areas work together as well as the folks that did here. This is really what the net is about. Bringing people together, not only locally, but regionally, nationally, and globally. People from around the world where able to help, send their prayers, etc by getting from the various web sites. Let us not forget that the net is also about: Doing Good Having Fun Local ISP's and providers that I'd like to thank for their direct or indirect support. C&W CyberMesa.com iHighway.net LosAlamos.com La-Tierra NM.NET/ORG UUNET QWEST Verio News providers: KRSN Los Alamos Radio krsn.losalamos.com ABQ Journal www.abqjournal.com The various TV (local and nantional)
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John M. Brown