Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How very sad. This type of disaster highlights how important it is to get as much of our cultural heritage digitized and online in "the cloud". Multiple copies dispersed around the globe are less susceptible to loss - not a perfect substitute, but better than nothing. -- Clive http://clive.moss.net/blog On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > Some bad news today, the Kate Chopin Home (Author of "The Awakening")/ > Bayou Folk Museum in Cloutierville, Louisiana burned and we lost most of > the > content. > Archivist Mary Linn Wernet received a call, and we rushed down the highway > to find three walls and lots of embers. > > My pictures; the first is one I shot a couple years, scroll down for > today's > mess > http://www.nsula.edu/watson_library/kate_chopin_fire.htm > > Information on the house and Kate Chopin: > http://www.caneriverheritage.org/main_file.php/chopin.php/ > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >