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THE NEWPORT
HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS
REACHING OUT TO THE
PUBLIC TO PRESERVE
IMAGES OF THE STORM.
(MM)
THE GROUP IS ASKING
RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT
THEIR PHOTOS AND VIDEO
OF PREPARATIONS...
THE STORM ITSELF...
AND ITS AFTERMATH.
FROM THE EAST BAY
MOBILE NEWSROOM -
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER T-J DEL SANTO
IS IN NEWPORT.
THE NEWPORT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY IS LOOKING FOR
DIGITAL PICTURES OF
HURRICANE SANDY SO THAT
FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN
LEARN ABOUT THE
SUPERSTORM.
LAST MONTH, SANDY BLASTED
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
WITH HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS AND COASTAL
FLOODING. THE DAMAGE WAS
SEVERE. NEWPORT COUNTY
WASN'T SPARED.
HERE AT THE NEWPORT
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THEY
WANT TO DOCUMENT THE
STORM...MUCH LIKE THEY'VE
DOCUMENTED PAST STORMS.
WE'RE COLLECTING
PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS,
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND
VIDEOS FROM NEWPORT
COUNTY.
THERE ARE MANY PAPER
PICTURES FROM PAST
HURRICANES, BUT THEY WANT
TO DOCUMENT HURRICANE
SANDY AND IT'S IMPACT ON
THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF
THE STATE.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR
PROJECT, WE'RE INTERESTED
IN COLLECTING DIGITAL PHOTOS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE...THE
SNAPSHOTS THAT PEOPLE TAKE
WITH THEIR PHONE...KIND OF
THE CITIZEN STORY OF THE
HURRICANE.
THE DIGITAL PICTURES AND
VIDEOS WILL BE KEPT ON A
SERVER AT THE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, BUT WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO
VIEW.
WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO
MAKE AN ONLINE PORTAL,
PERHAPS WITH FLICKR OR
ANOTHER ASSET MANAGER
THAT WAY.
THEY WANT A COLLECTION
FROM NEWPORT COUNTY ONLY,
SHOWING THE PREPARATIONS
BEFORE SANDY, THE FURY
DURING THE STORM AND THE
IMPACT IT HAD ON THE AREA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TEND TO
THINK WE'RE ONLY INTERESTED
IN HISTORICAL MATERIAL. BUT
ALSO, THE PRESENT QUICKLY
BECOMES HISTORICAL.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUBMIT
SOME DIGITAL PHOTOS TO THE
NEWPORT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, YOU CAN SEND THEM
TO
NEWPORTHURRICANE@GMAIL.
COM. WE'LL PUT A LINK ON OUR
WEBSITE. WITH THE EASTBAY
MOBILE NEWSROOM, I'M TJD,
EWN.
(SR)
A PAIR OF PROVIDENCE