Writing from New York City:

I would like to thank everyone on the list for your
thoughts and suggestions for the day after.  The
feeling here in New York can only be described as
surreal.  The Museums are closed today, which may be
why many of you are not hearing from colleagues in the
area.

I have one more suggestion for the aftermath of this
horrific event:  If you are in Manhattan, rescue
workers soaked from fire-fighting efforts are in need
of dry clothing.  St. Vincent's hospital has
specifically requested men's clothing for the police
and firemen who are coming in--they are running out.
The emergency triage center at Chelsea Piers needs dry
clothing of all kinds.

New York City blood centers have been overwhelmed,
yesterday and today, with thousands of people giving
blood, and are currently asking for O-Negative blood
types only to donate.  However, in other cities (a
colleague as far away as Florida has organized an
effort) there may already be stations set up where you
can donate much needed blood of all types that will
subsequently be shipped to NY and DC.


--- Matthew White <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Before I left for work this morning a very nice
> person posted a suggestion
> to wear red, white, and blue ribbons to show our
> support for the victims,
> families, and friends of yesterday's outrages. While
> this is a wonderful
> idea, (and his/her identity is on my home computer,
> sorry) I would like to
> suggest that there is more we can do in our own
> little way that is more than
> symbolic. Having moved from the Baltimore/D.C. area
> a year and a half ago I
> will be surprised if I don't know someone among
> either the dead or injured
> at the Pentagon or on board the plane from Dulles.
> The only question is, how
> close a friend will it be. I greet each notice of
> new email with the hope of
> finding out that another friend is still alive. And
> mine is only the
> smallest of stories. Millions of people are waiting
> to hear whether loved
> ones are alive or dead and much of that information
> will be gleaned from the
> web through email and web sites. We have already
> seen that some of the net
> has been slowed down and some web sites brought to a
> halt.
>
> I would like to suggest that we curtail museum-l
> discussion as much as
> possible for the next couple of days to save
> bandwidth and save email
> inboxes from clutter.
>
> Just a thought.
>
>
> --
> Matthew White
> Director of Museums
> Mount Washington Observatory
> www.mountwashington.org
>
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