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We get the same sort of thing sometimes after major fires. Thankfully, it seems to be too much trouble for it to happen during major fires. All the heat and smoke doesn't make for good tourism.
Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age. -
Um... isn't it just a little bit hypocritical to, on the one hand, condemn people for taking pictures and shooting videos of the disaster; then, on the other hand, to post links to such videos? I mean, somebody had to shoot those, right?
However, disregarding that: all the best to the people in Vermont and the neighboring states. Hope things will take a turn for the better, soon.You gotta polish a memory like a stone. Chip off the parts that remind you it was just a game. Work it until it's indistinguishable from any other memory.Comment
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most people who post videos didn't put their own lives or those of others in danger to do so.
No everybody with a video camera or a phone with camera is an idiot.Comment
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How do you know that? With regard to professional footage shot by a TV news crew, you're probably right given the training and backup those people have. With amateur footage on YouTube, however, you don't really know who shot it or under what circumstances they came to be able to shoot it.Quoth Legal Eagle View Post
The flip side of this is that it can be argued that in the absence of this knowledge it's not necessarily hypocritical to post links to those videos in a thread taking exception to these "sightseers" who, by and large, were relatively unaffected by the storm and want to see just how bad they didn't get it. Around us the police "implored" citizens to stay off the streets to let first responders do their jobs. Still didn't stop some people, of course.Comment
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Welcome to Vermont.Quoth Food Lady View Post
Bennington's my hometown. When I saw the video of the footbridge going under, it was like watching a piece of my childhood get swept down the river. Personally, I'm just glad the only people I actually give a rat's ass about are safe.
Classes won't be starting until the 12th of september due to the damage caused by the flooding.Comment
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You have a point. However, I think the people that I'd intended to call out were the out-of-towners who have used the devastation in Vermont as a reason to sight-see. And my issue with the images taken by the locals during the storm was that they were causing potential problems for rescue officials and putting themselves in harm's way. As fascinating as the video footage is, I would much rather have seen those amateur photographers stay home and safe. They didn't. And they were incredibly lucky that nothing negative came of it. So the images are out there and as risky as there procurement was, they do serve as a testimony to the devastation that occurred.Quoth Canarr View Post
And thank you for your well-wishes. There is a lot of work ahead, but we will persevere and one day all of this will be a sad memory.Comment
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I will admit to having taken photographs of the Dean Stone Arch Bridge in North* Walpole, New Hampshire after it was washed out in the 2005 flood, but that was some time after everything had occured; not so much as in a "ooh, look at that" mind set, more of a, "I can't believe this has just happened." There was a book written about our little disaster, dealing moreso with Alstead considering how hard they were hit; I've been meaning to pick it up.
I had lived in the area for 20+ years and I'll admit I still don't know where Walpole ends and North Walpole begins officially; I always just assumed North Walpole began right around the Green Mountain Flyer train depot when all of the homes and businesses came clearly into view.Last edited by Bloodsoul; 08-31-2011, 03:25 PM."IT stands away, interrupting himself from the incessant hammering of the kittens…"Comment
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Yeah, I get what you're saying; no real point in letting the material go to waste that has already been produced, especially since it can serve the very important purpose of demonstrating to the rest of the nation - and possibly the world - how severe the destruction actually was. Might help some necessary aid get there faster.Quoth retailninja View Post
And, my pleasure. Best of luck with that. I'll actually be travelling through northern Vermont and New Hampshire on business next week, so I'm following your situation over there with interest - and a bit of worry.
You gotta polish a memory like a stone. Chip off the parts that remind you it was just a game. Work it until it's indistinguishable from any other memory.Comment
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*sigh* Yeah, disasters really seem to do that. Some time ago we had to evacuate because they found one of those lovely british gifts from WWII, a huge blockbuster bomb. If that thing had gone BOOM... <shudder> we could have kissed our buildings good bye. After all those years all sorts of bombs turn up, and it's not getting easier to defuse them. Luckily the defusing teams know what they're doing and accidents are extremly rare.
We recorded a message on our phone system and posted it on the website, so customers would know why we weren't answering the phone or processing orders.
Leaving the area was hard, there were hordes of gawkers, who tried to sneak in to see da bomb... the police was not amused, I believe they even fined the worst offenders.
And as you might guess... we had a bunch of lovely emails and voicemails, complaining.No trees were killed in the posting of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Why did you go in? I'd have told them to kiss my big shiny hiny. Grateful to have a job or not, there's no reason to put your life in danger.Comment
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