Comments on: San Diego Fires, My Family and The Web http://localonliner.com/2007/10/26/san-diego-fires-my-family-and-the-web/ Peter Krasilovsky's Fri, 18 May 2012 14:01:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mark K. http://localonliner.com/2007/10/26/san-diego-fires-my-family-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-79610 Mark K. Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:09:25 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=501#comment-79610 Even though KPBS (89.5 FM) lost its transmitter to the fires, they also deserve credit for doing an excellent job. Another radio station donated their broadcast signal to KPBS during the emergency and KPBS's webstream also stayed online. KPBS also should get credit for putting up a detailed Google map that they were able to keep updated throughout the fires. However, I found the headlines that they posted on Twitter (I believe it was) to be annoying mostly because they sometimes felt like teasers that did not link back to more information. I also took to downloading the official disaster maps from http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/, but I think that they could have been a bit more informative and user friendly (i.e. place different types of information on different layers of the map) and should have been updated more often, particularly after traditional business hours. Finally, you are right that the fireblog posted by the U-T's signonsandiego.com was an excellent resource, and so were the responses from readers, making it the info source that I consulted most. -MAK Even though KPBS (89.5 FM) lost its transmitter to the fires, they also deserve credit for doing an excellent job. Another radio station donated their broadcast signal to KPBS during the emergency and KPBS’s webstream also stayed online. KPBS also should get credit for putting up a detailed Google map that they were able to keep updated throughout the fires. However, I found the headlines that they posted on Twitter (I believe it was) to be annoying mostly because they sometimes felt like teasers that did not link back to more information.

I also took to downloading the official disaster maps from http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/, but I think that they could have been a bit more informative and user friendly (i.e. place different types of information on different layers of the map) and should have been updated more often, particularly after traditional business hours.

Finally, you are right that the fireblog posted by the U-T’s signonsandiego.com was an excellent resource, and so were the responses from readers, making it the info source that I consulted most.

-MAK

]]> By: links for 2007-10-29 | Framtider.net http://localonliner.com/2007/10/26/san-diego-fires-my-family-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-78826 links for 2007-10-29 | Framtider.net Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:19:36 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=501#comment-78826 [...] The Local Onliner » San Diego Fires, My Family and The Web “Complementing its news coverage, SignOn went Web 2.0 in a big way, adding a fire radio station on the fly to its normal local music radio station. It posted videos on YouTube, and a photo archive. It regularly updated a fire blog.” (tags: san_diego usa katastrof signon san_diego_union_tribune journalistik web20 youtube bloggosfären topix) [...] [...] The Local Onliner » San Diego Fires, My Family and The Web “Complementing its news coverage, SignOn went Web 2.0 in a big way, adding a fire radio station on the fly to its normal local music radio station. It posted videos on YouTube, and a photo archive. It regularly updated a fire blog.” (tags: san_diego usa katastrof signon san_diego_union_tribune journalistik web20 youtube bloggosfären topix) [...]

]]> By: Arul Sundaram http://localonliner.com/2007/10/26/san-diego-fires-my-family-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-78515 Arul Sundaram Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:50:34 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=501#comment-78515 Fantastic news, Peter - thanks for sharing. It's certainly been a tough week for anyone in Southern California - and for all of us with friends and family in the area. Nice to hear that you all are ok. Regarding the rest of your post - I think in these times of "changing business models", it's easy to forget about the critical role of local media in our lives. Great job highlighting the really important work done by so many media professionals to help connect people to the information and context that was so important in these past few days. Fantastic news, Peter – thanks for sharing. It’s certainly been a tough week for anyone in Southern California – and for all of us with friends and family in the area. Nice to hear that you all are ok.

Regarding the rest of your post – I think in these times of “changing business models”, it’s easy to forget about the critical role of local media in our lives. Great job highlighting the really important work done by so many media professionals to help connect people to the information and context that was so important in these past few days.

]]> By: mark mccormack http://localonliner.com/2007/10/26/san-diego-fires-my-family-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-78512 mark mccormack Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:23:39 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=501#comment-78512 Peter - that is a nice blog tribute and fantastic tesimonial to how people who are seemingly wrapped up in their daily lives really pull together in a crisis. Peter – that is a nice blog tribute and fantastic tesimonial to how people who are seemingly wrapped up in their daily lives really pull together in a crisis.

]]> By: Jeff Tadie http://localonliner.com/2007/10/26/san-diego-fires-my-family-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-78478 Jeff Tadie Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:39:33 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=501#comment-78478 Peter, glad to hear you, and a number of other folks in SoCal were not directly impacted by the fires. Thought of you and Dick L., Rob L, et al out there this week. Best, Jeff Peter, glad to hear you, and a number of other folks in SoCal were not directly impacted by the fires. Thought of you and Dick L., Rob L, et al out there this week. Best, Jeff

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