23 October 2005 11:17
today i'm plugging hurricane stan relief efforts in guatemala.visit Red Cross of Guatemala. They're accepting donations here (active.com).
MCC is trying to raise a quarter million here. Make sure you designate your donation for "Hurricane Stan".
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Results on Wilma from Jamaica from reliefweb.int. (Full pdf report available from ODPEM here
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Rainfall amounts in Mexico from Wilma have been extreme. Isla Mujeres, just offshore from Cancun, has reported almost 35" of rain over the past 1 1/2 days, and at one point reported 4" of rain in one hour between 2 and 3 am EDT today. Rainfall amounts in Cuba have not been nearly so extreme--at least in the areas of western Cuba that are still reporting data. San Juan y Martinez measured 10.7 cm (4.2 inches) of rain the past 24 hours, and storm total rainfall amounts of up to 18 cm (7 inches) have been measured in Cuba's westernmost province. Grand Cayman received five inches, Jamaica's Kingston airport eight inches, and Belize four inches. The north coast of Honduras has had numerous locations receive ten inches of rain, with one unofficial report of 20 inches. Rainfall in Haiti reached 8 - 10 inches, and, triggered flash floods that killed 11 people. source: Dr. Jeff Masters(wonderground.com)
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businessweek reported that only 2% of american households read blogs on a weekly basis. of those housholds that are regular internet users, only 30% read blogs on a weekly basis. only 6% of american households report EVER reading a blog.
hum.
since most of the people i interact with reguarly read blogs on at least a weekly basis (if not daily or more), this tells me that there are a LOT of people in the US since my circle of who's who is in a minor 2%. but it now makes sense why i keep coming across people who have absolutely no idea what the word "blog" means. i look at them like they just stepped off the Niña with CColoumbus, but if they're part of 98% of the US, it makes a little mroe sense.
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