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Hurricane Katrina

August 30th, 2005 at 10:36 am by Administrator

This blog post isn’t exactly related to the state of things in the DVR industry. However, I feel that it is important to recognize what’s going on in our neighboring states. We want to express our concerns and sympathies to those who are affected by Hurricane Katrina. Our hearts go out to you.

As many of you may know, SnapStream Media is located in Houston, TX. We, like New Orleans, are on the Gulf Coast. So hurricanes aren’t exactly new to us. Many have fled to Houston as a result of the hurricane. From my understanding, the situation in New Orleans will likely worsen in the next few days. Not due to more rain, but to the flooding waters, lack of electricity, contamination, and so on.

There are many ways to help and I urge you to check the Internet and also with your local communities to see what you can do to help those affected by this hurricane. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has compiled a list of agencies in need of cash donations to assist hurricane victims and is a good place to start.

There are acutally a few of us at SnapStream from the affected region and others with friends and family there. Percy, a software test engineer here, is from Biloxi, Miss. and has posted on our dev blog his personal account on how this hurricane is affecting him and his family.

Thanks for listening.

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3 Responses to “Hurricane Katrina”

  1. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Bragi Says:
    August 31st, 2005 at 1:13 pm

    I wonder when we can expect the foreign aid to start pouring in

  2. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Jack Says:
    September 3rd, 2005 at 1:49 am

    I think Bush denied foreign aid already.

  3. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Karl Says:
    September 5th, 2005 at 8:15 pm

    We need your help. I’m Captain Dahlin with the Salvation Army and we have been working since day one. Many of our folks actually live in these communities and began work as soon as the need was apparent. Regional assetts were already comitted and more as far away as my town of Norfolk, VA are already deployed now. We need your cash donations to meet the tremendous immediate need as well as the long term assistance to follow in the weeks and months ahead. You CAN do something. 1 800 SAL-ARMY.

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