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Yeah, I know, quite a hiatus. That's what happens sometimes when you work for a living, and your employer really wants you to work, and especially when it's web-related work; the last thing you want to do in your downtime is write more stuff online. You=me, of course. But, I'm glad to have a job.

Had some thoughts about the part proximity plays in the press coverage of disasters. Two weeks ago, South Korea was beat up by a massive typhoon; estimated press coverage in the States: minimal. (I was paying attention because a friend of mine just moved to Pusan to teach English.) And of course, last week, parts of the mid-Atlantic states (where, you know, lots of Americans live) were torn up by Hurricane Isabel; estimated press coverage in the States, before, during and after: colossal. Proving that people tend only to care about what's happening directly to them. I'm certainly not innocent of this fault; when Isabel's fringes passed through my part of the world, I was only mildly impressed with the rain and the intermittent gusts of strong wind. "So this is the big hyped-up hurricane?" But of course, as I was saying this, people were being killed, homes destroyed, power lost by millions. So don't let your personal luck keep you aloof from the troubles of others.

And keep watching the skies.
posted by Red at 6:51 AM