Sunday, 10 June 2007
Water shortage in Muscat
This video shows several men crowding around a water tank on a truck hoping to fill up their buckets as water supply has still not been restored in Muscat.
Widespread destruction in Muscat
This 5 min home made video shows widespread destruction around Muscat, particularly in the Al-Qurum area.
Shopping centres destroyed in Muscat
Click on the image below to view the slideshow on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LWhiVo8h0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LWhiVo8h0
Scientist's coverage on Gonu
Simon Donner, a Canadian scientist studying how climate change affects people and the environment agrees that mainstream media coverage has been poor:
Click here to read his post in full:
http://simondonner.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-on-gonu.html
In this case, I'm writing about the storm because it is a rare event, because of the human impact, and because, frankly, the North American news coverage has been just abominable. CNN.com interrupts its coverage of the human toll to discuss oil prices.
Click here to read his post in full:
http://simondonner.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-on-gonu.html
Link to BBC video
Please click on the image below to view the BBC's brief coverage on Gonu (the BBC do not allow their videos to be embedded in third party sites):
Sad about Gonu? - please share your experience with us
This blog has been set up to aggregate information on the web regarding the recent tropical cyclone Gonu that has struck Oman and Iran. Please submit your stories, comment freely and post links to videos, pictures, blog articles and news articles for the benefit of all those affected.
It is very unfortunate that large international media organisations such as CNN and the BBC (!) have failed to provide the public with decent coverage of such a catastrophic event, except for detailed analysis on how their oil supplies might be affected. It appears that their priorities are to serve the idiotic masses who are more interested in knowing what happens to a false celebrity and her imminent charges for drunk driving.
In this day and age if you want real news coverage, YOU, the reader, have to participate and contribute directly. Thanks to the world wide web, and publishing platforms that allow you to post articles online (blogs) and photo/video sharing sites (Flickr.com, Youtube.com) this is now possible.
At the time of starting this blog, note these stats for search term "Gonu":
Blogsearch.google.com shows 5,710 links to blog posts.
Flickr.com search for "Gonu" shows 768 photos.
Youtube.com shows 132 videos.
Wikipedia.org already has a detailed entry on Gonu with several hundred edits by users from around the world.
Aljazeera.net shows 44 links to articles under "غونو" (Gonu).
BBC.co.uk shows 9 links to articles about the storm, the top link is titled: "Oil prices drop as storm weakens".
CNN.com shows 10 links to brief articles covering the event.
Where will you go next time you want up to date coverage of an important world event?
It is very unfortunate that large international media organisations such as CNN and the BBC (!) have failed to provide the public with decent coverage of such a catastrophic event, except for detailed analysis on how their oil supplies might be affected. It appears that their priorities are to serve the idiotic masses who are more interested in knowing what happens to a false celebrity and her imminent charges for drunk driving.
In this day and age if you want real news coverage, YOU, the reader, have to participate and contribute directly. Thanks to the world wide web, and publishing platforms that allow you to post articles online (blogs) and photo/video sharing sites (Flickr.com, Youtube.com) this is now possible.
At the time of starting this blog, note these stats for search term "Gonu":
Blogsearch.google.com shows 5,710 links to blog posts.
Flickr.com search for "Gonu" shows 768 photos.
Youtube.com shows 132 videos.
Wikipedia.org already has a detailed entry on Gonu with several hundred edits by users from around the world.
Aljazeera.net shows 44 links to articles under "غونو" (Gonu).
BBC.co.uk shows 9 links to articles about the storm, the top link is titled: "Oil prices drop as storm weakens".
CNN.com shows 10 links to brief articles covering the event.
Where will you go next time you want up to date coverage of an important world event?
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