First step to recovery.
Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans gets Wi-Fi
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane-stricken New Orleans is largely destroyed and abandoned, but city officials said on Tuesday it will soon have universal wireless Internet service.
A free, municipally-run Wi-Fi system has begun operation in the French Quarter and central business district and should cover the entire city within a year, Mayor Ray Nagin said in a statement.
This is how I think the meeting where they came up with this idea went...
Secretary: "Our civil services, police, fire, and crosswalk guard are all staffed at 5% of pre hurricane levels. Only 10% of the original population has returned, and tourism is down 75%."
Mayor Ray Nagin: "You know how we turn this around?"
Johnson: "Free boat tours of the city?"
Ted: "Gator wrestling on Bourbon street?"
Bob: "Half priced drinks?"
Secretary: "return power & water to the entire city."
Mayor Ray Nagin: "Free Wi-Fi for everyone! I'm so money."
Secretary: "How are people going to use there computers if there is no power?"
Mayor Ray Nagin: "OK, Free Wi-Fi, and half priced drinks!"
...At least that how it played out in my head.
~PVPeeved
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane-stricken New Orleans is largely destroyed and abandoned, but city officials said on Tuesday it will soon have universal wireless Internet service.
A free, municipally-run Wi-Fi system has begun operation in the French Quarter and central business district and should cover the entire city within a year, Mayor Ray Nagin said in a statement.
This is how I think the meeting where they came up with this idea went...
Secretary: "Our civil services, police, fire, and crosswalk guard are all staffed at 5% of pre hurricane levels. Only 10% of the original population has returned, and tourism is down 75%."
Mayor Ray Nagin: "You know how we turn this around?"
Johnson: "Free boat tours of the city?"
Ted: "Gator wrestling on Bourbon street?"
Bob: "Half priced drinks?"
Secretary: "return power & water to the entire city."
Mayor Ray Nagin: "Free Wi-Fi for everyone! I'm so money."
Secretary: "How are people going to use there computers if there is no power?"
Mayor Ray Nagin: "OK, Free Wi-Fi, and half priced drinks!"
...At least that how it played out in my head.
~PVPeeved
posted by PVPeeved at
6:31 AM
8 Comments:
did that conversation they had take palce before or after they passed a few joints?
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lime, at 9:02 AM
I like your head's version pretty well. LOL
By
Queen of Ass, at 11:58 AM
I am so totally buying that version of the events.
Poor under appreciated secretary.
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Ariella, at 1:27 PM
Shit...for free wi-fi and drinks I would move there! LOL
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MacManus, at 2:55 PM
Yep - I can just about guess that's what happened.
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PartTimeMom, at 3:34 PM
LMAO! I bet you're version is pretty close!
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snavy, at 3:49 PM
Heh. I really hope New Orleans comes back. it's America's id. Las Vegas wants to be America's id, then they decided to be kid friendly. Bad idea. They lost me and a bunch of other hard-core partiers.
Wi-fi? Why? Are tourists ever sober enough in New Orleans to even use a computer? I didn't think so either.
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The Zombieslayer, at 8:29 PM
they just need one of those wind-up notebooks that they're making for $150 that are headed for Africa and South America. Oh, and now New Orleans :)
By
Squishi, at 3:29 PM
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