As Earthchick notes, her son and my brother, after being involved in an accident where he was buried alive, is in the news again in a short segment with Detroit's Fox affiliate. Now I know local news in general and Fox affiliates in particular have a certain reputation, which is mostly deserved, but this segment is not very sensationalized, and does not feature an irrelevant let's-bury-a-reporter- so-you-can-know-what -being-pseudoburied-in- sand-looks-like demonstration like the last one on CBS. The Fox video does however feature an irrelevant this-is-what-a- completely-different-shape- and-size-sand-hole- looks- like-even-though-it's-not-related- to-the-story illustration. No one in the family is made to look a fool though, and that's what counts though. ;)
Earthchick would like to point out that the top she is wearing in this segment is one she made herself.
Background story here (short) and here (full).
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Friday, 24 August 2007
Monday, 30 July 2007
Update on Rob
Time for an update on my brother Rob. As you may recall, he recently nearly passed away after being buried alive at the beach (longer version).
The whole family is doing well, and continuing to return to normal, though still shaken. Rob and Charlie are doing much better than one might expect, perhaps because of the resiliency of their young age.
There is a written story and video from CBS' The Early Show you can watch. The video is embedded on the right side of the page (sorry for the rather anti-open-source/ad-laden nature of CBS' videos - they should take a lesson from YouTube and Google and let their data be free. Ah well, at least it is hi-res.) The CBS video is about five minutes, and my family is interviewed for perhaps two minutes - but they filmed my family for over three hours.
In other words, they filmed almost exactly 100 times more material than they used. I wish the network/cable news shows would be as thorough with the 'big' stories instead of the standard operating procedure of regurgitating gov. press releases. I think they're starting to learn the lessons of the last six years, if slowly.
The whole family is doing well, and continuing to return to normal, though still shaken. Rob and Charlie are doing much better than one might expect, perhaps because of the resiliency of their young age.
There is a written story and video from CBS' The Early Show you can watch. The video is embedded on the right side of the page (sorry for the rather anti-open-source/ad-laden nature of CBS' videos - they should take a lesson from YouTube and Google and let their data be free. Ah well, at least it is hi-res.) The CBS video is about five minutes, and my family is interviewed for perhaps two minutes - but they filmed my family for over three hours.
In other words, they filmed almost exactly 100 times more material than they used. I wish the network/cable news shows would be as thorough with the 'big' stories instead of the standard operating procedure of regurgitating gov. press releases. I think they're starting to learn the lessons of the last six years, if slowly.
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Mercy.
Two days ago I received some very disturbing - and relieving - news. As you may know, I have two younger brothers who are three-year old twins. Rob is pictured here on the right.
My family had been spending the week at the beach in Florida. One day near the end of the trip, Rob had an accident. He was trapped in a phenomenon known as a spontaneous sand cave-in. An anomaly in the beach sand caused the surface of the beach to collapse when Rob stepped on it, with the surrounding sand filling in the collapsed area, burying Rob alive. Although not well known to the public, more people die this way at the beach than because of sharks. In Rob's case, no one saw the cave-in; my family - only a few feet away - just realized he was gone. He was buried for a full five minutes before anyone realized what had happened. By a miracle, he was found and dug out in time to save his life. Although incredibly traumatic for all involved, there were no injuries, and Rob is doing well.
It is rare to survive a spontaneous sand cave-in - and nearly unheard of to survive when nobody actually witnessed the cave-in. The phenomenon is becoming more well known, and the issue has just recently entered the mainstream media consciousness. Because of this recent interest, the story and a brief interview with my family will be appearing on CBS' The Early Show on Tuesday, July 24 at 7:30 am EST - the segment is about 4 minutes long and contains other people's stories/input as well.
I found out about the accident after it happened, and it was still traumatic for me just hearing about it, even knowing he was fine. So far this week, it's been difficult to focus on much else. I cannot imagine the unbelievable horrible experience for my family that was there. A full - and heartwrenching - account is on my step-mom's blog.
Yeah, my step-mom has a blog, and it's much more popular than mine, and it's about knitting. Want to make something of it?
My family had been spending the week at the beach in Florida. One day near the end of the trip, Rob had an accident. He was trapped in a phenomenon known as a spontaneous sand cave-in. An anomaly in the beach sand caused the surface of the beach to collapse when Rob stepped on it, with the surrounding sand filling in the collapsed area, burying Rob alive. Although not well known to the public, more people die this way at the beach than because of sharks. In Rob's case, no one saw the cave-in; my family - only a few feet away - just realized he was gone. He was buried for a full five minutes before anyone realized what had happened. By a miracle, he was found and dug out in time to save his life. Although incredibly traumatic for all involved, there were no injuries, and Rob is doing well.It is rare to survive a spontaneous sand cave-in - and nearly unheard of to survive when nobody actually witnessed the cave-in. The phenomenon is becoming more well known, and the issue has just recently entered the mainstream media consciousness. Because of this recent interest, the story and a brief interview with my family will be appearing on CBS' The Early Show on Tuesday, July 24 at 7:30 am EST - the segment is about 4 minutes long and contains other people's stories/input as well.
I found out about the accident after it happened, and it was still traumatic for me just hearing about it, even knowing he was fine. So far this week, it's been difficult to focus on much else. I cannot imagine the unbelievable horrible experience for my family that was there. A full - and heartwrenching - account is on my step-mom's blog.
Yeah, my step-mom has a blog, and it's much more popular than mine, and it's about knitting. Want to make something of it?
Monday, 2 July 2007
Please Don't Spoof the Cat...
I have a family member who is dearly beloved, but has a little problem generating misnomers. At one visit at another family member's house, a skittish pet cat was scared out of the living room by (if I remember correctly) a barking dog. Our beloved family member said, "Oh, shoot, now that dog has gone and spoofed the cat." I chuckle fondly every time I think of it, and especially when I came across this picture of a dog quite literally spoofing a cat...Speaking of the word 'literally,' why is it that 80% of people, including Smart People on TV, have no idea what it means? Last night, an academic on the news said "terrorists are evolving before our eyes, both literally and figuratively." No, I think just figuratively, unless they are mutating a new set of gills, or something. And, unless you are referring to an amicable contortionist or acrobat, you should never have use to say "he literally bent over backwards to help me."
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Michigan, Michigan State
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I'm heading to Michigan today, and I'll stay there for about 3 weeks. A chunk of my family lives there, including these two little buggers, eh, I mean brothers:
That's Little Buddha, above. And this is Tiny Dancer, below:
Tiny Dancer is the one that's not a cat. Pictures were kindly stolen from their mom's (my step-mom's) blog, which is here (for knitting) and here (for life simplification). I'm really looking forward to seeing everybody again, but also getting a break from work as well. Of course, it won't really be a break, as I'll still have readings to do, and I'll have to do some work online, but it will be much more relaxed. But it will be a nice length for a visit, and my friend CK will be visiting from Georgia. He is one of the characters from this video, but I won't tell you which one. Just watch the whole thing, and try to avoid any retinal burning.
Since there aren't any trains that go from Exeter to London in time for my flight (which is Wednesday morning) I'll be spending tonight (Tuesday) in Heathrow airport. I've done it in Gatwick twice now, but not Heathrow yet. Should be fun!
I'm heading to Michigan today, and I'll stay there for about 3 weeks. A chunk of my family lives there, including these two little buggers, eh, I mean brothers:
That's Little Buddha, above. And this is Tiny Dancer, below:
Tiny Dancer is the one that's not a cat. Pictures were kindly stolen from their mom's (my step-mom's) blog, which is here (for knitting) and here (for life simplification). I'm really looking forward to seeing everybody again, but also getting a break from work as well. Of course, it won't really be a break, as I'll still have readings to do, and I'll have to do some work online, but it will be much more relaxed. But it will be a nice length for a visit, and my friend CK will be visiting from Georgia. He is one of the characters from this video, but I won't tell you which one. Just watch the whole thing, and try to avoid any retinal burning.
Since there aren't any trains that go from Exeter to London in time for my flight (which is Wednesday morning) I'll be spending tonight (Tuesday) in Heathrow airport. I've done it in Gatwick twice now, but not Heathrow yet. Should be fun!
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