Tired and Transcription

[bkdelong]

Thanks so much for all the well-wishes and support. I am far from a hero nor a victim and it feels refreshing to help out. I got but a taste of what I'd be doing should I go to the Red Cross Call Center in VA, (have't heard from RC Boston yet), by listening to 4 audio feeds of scanner channels at once and playing "Ops Manager".

Basically, the job is to log on to IRC, recruit transcribers and keep the scanner-transcription channels filled with 3 functional transcribers at all times. Been going for 5hrs straight now. But now my friend Chris (crschmidt) stepped in, without me knowing he had done this the night before, and I'm taking a break.

The other Ops Manager who worked beside me was from Denmark. He was up until 3AM! I feel like such a slouch beside him.

I really hope I'll hear from Boston Red Cross tomorrow. If not, I will take up the various offers from friends - a plane ticket to the destination of my choice, a car to borrow in DC, several places to sleep, and Sushi/Harp/Yoga etc.

I really haven't had time to read my flist, I feel guilty. I'd love to hear from those of you posting about Katrina and what you're thinking o doing......miss you all and have a safe night.