Today a big disaster hit south east asia. My heart is there, as I have been there many time in my life. At times I felt Thailand as a second (or third) home. Right now I do have friends there. I think they are all out of the danger zone, but I cannot be sure. As soon as I heard the news I started looking for blog entries. Finally this entry started giving me some threads to follow. I posted most of the links under my del.icio.us links. Look under:
http://del.icio.us/pietrosperoni/tsunami
http://del.icio.us/pietrosperoni/localnews
http://del.icio.us/pietrosperoni/earthquake
But the key ones seem to be:
This entry from Jeff Ooi constantly updated also links to some local bloggers.
In Malaysia there is a local ping service called Petaling Street that let you see local blog as they are updated.
And in Penang, just where the Tsunami hit you can check the Penang bloggers.
What struck me is that everybody seem to shout: the authorities should have warned. I feel that, yes, you may want to shout so. But it’s not always easy or possible to do so. Hierarchical power structure are slow. It’s just their nature.
So maybe it is time to reclaim another little piece of out power.
As we all get more connected, the fastest way to tell to people, is not through the authorities, but just directly. If you have a warning, tell it. And now, if you miss someone, and you find a blog from someone near there, you might try to contact the blogger. They might be happy to help.
Update. I also wrote a comment to Joi Ito. With the key links. He seem to be able to move massive amount of people with his posts.
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