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This morning, there was a horrific terrorist attack against the United States. Phone lines were clogged and the big news web sites overloaded as people tried to get info on just what was going on.
I had an instant message from someone in Israel worried about her parents who were traveling in the U.S. She asked me to call her uncle who lives here to see if he knew whether they were safe.
People in the office who didn’t have access to radio or television (and couldn’t reach the overloaded news web sites), used an IM chat room to share news with people at home, who relayed news reports from the TV and elsewhere.
In a Yahoo chat room, I saw people looking for information, people expressing anger and outrage, and people consoling and supporting each other.
What did you see?
Jeff Hester
BigBlueBall.com ModeratorIf you have kids, or know someone who does, what do you tell them about the events of September 11th?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers advice on how to talk to your kids about what happend: http://www.fema.gov/nwz01/nwz01_99.htm
FEMA also has a web site for kids that teaches them what to do in case of a disaster (natural or otherwise): http://www.fema.gov/kids/
Jeff Hester
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If you have kids, or know someone who does, what do you tell them about the events of September 11th?Well, I know this topic must be a bit outdated, and I’m a little too young to have my own children, but I remember my my school [high school] just bluntly telling us, “terrorist attack, New York, World Trade, World War III possibly soon” … I mean it wasnt a big long speech, maybe they see us as being old and mature enough to just feed on whatever they tell us, or maybe they didnt really care because we’re Canada. But not all of us could understand, high school students; 17 … 18 years old, were panicking once they heard the news, I remember logging onto MSN at least a week after September 11, I would still see my friends’ screen names as “OH MY GOD! WORLD WAR 3 IS GONNA START!! I DON’T WANNA DIE!!” … i mean calm down there, It’s just a huge imbalance of power and opinions, dont you think you’re overreacting a bit?? Sure World War III was a great possibility at the time, and maybe still is … but what made you overreact in such a apprehensive manner? You took in the news the wrong way, possibly because you heard it in the wrong form. I spoke to some of my friends from other schools, they told me the School Board advised their teachers to avoid the topic completely. Mayhap that was a wise choice. Yes I know obviously you cant hide it, we have to know what’s going on in reality, but feed it to us easily. Bit by Bit. Dont shove it in our faces.
Anna
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