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Name: Hurricane Irene
Age: pretty much deceased
Occupation: former hurricane
Last Seen: hovering over Canada
Bee-otched For: not really doing a whole lot
Age: pretty much deceased
Occupation: former hurricane
Last Seen: hovering over Canada
Bee-otched For: not really doing a whole lot
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So, what did you do this weekend?
Well, I did have to work a few hours, but at least I got out to watch the 28th Street MetroCruise, watched the Lions beat the shit out of the Pats, watched the VMAs and yes, watch MSNBC's 82 hours of Hurricane Irene coverage.
Irene is pretty much proof that the weather's only getting weirder and weirder. Along with the earthquake in Virginia last week, It's pretty unconventional to even have a hurricane in New York City. Well, it happened. Irene ripped through the Carolinas and headed her way up the east coast where it *did* wreak havoc on New York to the point where virtually the whole city shuttered.
But, guess what? New York's back in business.
Yes, Irene didn't do a whole lot. Instead, there was some flooding, but overall, even though 18 people lost their lives and four million lost power.
What's amazing is the fact that this hurricane got massive coverage on all the news stations and yet it wasn't nearly as bad as Katrina. However, it was handled better than Katrina especially since President Obama cut his vacation short while Bush was playing country music with some redneck country star during Katrina.
But in the end, yes, there was some damage, Irene was pretty much the hurricane that wasn't. The news networks spent too much of their sweet time following it and New York only got a wet kiss, nothing more.
Move along, nothing to see here. ---
Got a Bee-otch to nominate? E-mail us @ chuck69dotcom@gmail.com. All suggestions (except for me) are welcome!So, what did you do this weekend?
Well, I did have to work a few hours, but at least I got out to watch the 28th Street MetroCruise, watched the Lions beat the shit out of the Pats, watched the VMAs and yes, watch MSNBC's 82 hours of Hurricane Irene coverage.
Irene is pretty much proof that the weather's only getting weirder and weirder. Along with the earthquake in Virginia last week, It's pretty unconventional to even have a hurricane in New York City. Well, it happened. Irene ripped through the Carolinas and headed her way up the east coast where it *did* wreak havoc on New York to the point where virtually the whole city shuttered.
But, guess what? New York's back in business.
Yes, Irene didn't do a whole lot. Instead, there was some flooding, but overall, even though 18 people lost their lives and four million lost power.
What's amazing is the fact that this hurricane got massive coverage on all the news stations and yet it wasn't nearly as bad as Katrina. However, it was handled better than Katrina especially since President Obama cut his vacation short while Bush was playing country music with some redneck country star during Katrina.
But in the end, yes, there was some damage, Irene was pretty much the hurricane that wasn't. The news networks spent too much of their sweet time following it and New York only got a wet kiss, nothing more.
Move along, nothing to see here. ---
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Good day,
ReplyDeleteI'm studying a master in Digital Media at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and I'm writing you to ask for your permission to use the entry titled "8.29.11 Bee-otch of the Day: Hurricane Irene", published on August 29, 2011 on the blog Bee-otch of the Day (http://beeotchoftheday.blogspot.com/2011/08/82911-bee-otch-of-day-hurricane-irene.html).
My graduation project is an interactive map of stories about hurricane Irene. It's intended to motivate people at risk of disasters (such as hurricanes) to start thinking what to do about them now, instead of waiting until they are about to happen, which most people do. The project will show a map with the trajectory of hurricane Irene, and different search criteria to access stories within the map. Those stories can be annotated with comments from other users different than the author's story, in a similar way a blog entry can be commented. In my system though, the intent is to purposefully direct the discussed topic on how to handle disasters taking each story as a starting point.
One of my graduation requirements is to demo my project to my committee. For that purpose, I've built a database of blog-posts to fill in the system. I'd like to add your story to that database. I can provide an image of interface if you want to have a better idea how your post would look like if included in the system.
If you grant me permission, your entry will be used exclusively for non-commercial and educational purposes while the project remains in its demo phase. If this project is ever used for other purposes different than a demo, your blog-entry will not be included.
I'd really appreciate if you allowed me to use your experience from Hurricane Irene to make a better project, and potentially help other people in the future.
Thanks,
asraelarcangel@gmail.com
Sorry I replied to your letter a little late, but yes, feel free to use my blog for any project you're working on. Just ask for my permission first.
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