The New York Times’ Interactive Map of the Damage from the Earthquake in Japan: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html?hp I was able to locate the town where my friend Pia’s brother is teaching English (center of quake zone but far from the nuclear plants, very little structural damage, no casualties) and where my daughter’s camp friend’s family lives (quite … Read more
I recently wrote in my blog welcome message about a book project on the use of mapping technology in 9/11 rescue & recovery efforts. I’m moving this off the welcome message because I am going to start to write it. There are a lot of great resources on the mapping efforts at Pier 92 in … Read more
Walking the kids to school today, I realized what day it was and how much the weather resembles 9/11/2001. It was a bit warmer then, so that helps put things in perspective a bit. My sister in law called this morning at around 7am (our time) saying she just woke from a bad dream and … Read more
It was just after 4pm. I was on the M104 coming back with my girls from the JCC Day Camp. Everything was normal on our ride back, but when we got off the bus at 88th & Broadway, we realized the streetlights were out. I thought it was just on the one intersection and told … Read more
