katrina.com owner turns down $500K sets up hurricane info site

[underpants]

I heard this on the news while running errands. Very nice. She's from Richmond TOO!!


It is a news and missing person site. Good resource.

Some heartwarming news for you.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7000003068

Katrina.com Becomes Hurricane Information Hub

Richmond, VA (AHN) - Katrina Blankenship owns and runs a personal Web design and computer consulting Web site that ,since the birth of Hurricane Katrina, has received an overwhelming number of e-mails and hits.

Her Web site is conveniently addressed, Katrina.com, and in an effort to lend whatever help she can, Blankenship has decided to convert her site to an information hub for all things hurricane related.

Blankenship, 37, tells The Associated Press, "I was really shocked. I had no idea it would turn into this. The e-mails are pouring in. I had about 1,500 come through today."

According to the reports, the Web site has received about 350,000 hits from places all over the world, causing Blankenship to work on a dial-up Internet connection and expand her bandwidth to accommodate the traffic.

Some have already offered to take the domain off of her hands, one man willing to fork over $500,000. Blankenship says, "It's not for sale, it's not a monetary-type thing."


http://www.katrina.com/

[Radio_Lady]

1. Great story. I feel sorry for all the women named Katrina who are

reaping the disaster's aftermath just because of their name.

The same thing happened with other hurricanes -- Betsy, Andrew, Charlie. These storms should have other names or numbers.

Katrina vanden Heuvel editor of "The Nation" is on CSPAN (may be a repeat from this morning). I'm sure it's tough for her and others.

[underpants]

2. My conservative boss when I told him this heartwarming story

"SOLD!!!"

:eyes:

[KamaAina]

3. I feel sorriest for the little girl (now teenaged) I knew named Katrina

guess where I met her, and where she grew up??

Yeppers. N'Awlins. The "World's Most Interesting City". (She and mom moved north years ago, so no danger.)

She always was kind of prone to throwing tantrums: "Katrina, put down that garden hose this instant! You're going to flood the entire yard!" :spank: