Underwater Railroad
Sep. 2nd, 2005 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioThis is brilliant. I wish I'd thought of it.
There are net-based databases of people offering housing to storm refugees (I linked to one yesterday). That's great, but how do the refugees get access? Most of them don't currently have net connections, and if you've just fled your city with only what you can carry, getting back online may be a low priority compared to, y'know, food, shelter, and money.
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siderea proposes the Underwater Railroad. I think this would work; it has low overhead, it distributes the workload so volunteers don't get burned out, and people anywhere can help out. She needs a little PHP help; if that's something you can help with please comment there.
There are net-based databases of people offering housing to storm refugees (I linked to one yesterday). That's great, but how do the refugees get access? Most of them don't currently have net connections, and if you've just fled your city with only what you can carry, getting back online may be a low priority compared to, y'know, food, shelter, and money.
siderea proposes the Underwater Railroad. I think this would work; it has low overhead, it distributes the workload so volunteers don't get burned out, and people anywhere can help out. She needs a little PHP help; if that's something you can help with please comment there.