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Is Social Media a Fad or something here to stay?

For those of us who sometimes wonder, take a look at the video clip and a little research data and decide for yourself.

It also explains why older groups like the VFW embrace Social Media for its >8,000 posts and 2.2M members. They don't think of it as a passing fad, but something that is here to stay.

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School / Work Affiliation: Full-time Student at Lower Columbia College

Blog: http://carysnyder.com

Website: http://beyondUSB3o.com

About Me: I like to think of myself as a passionate technology evangelist who enjoys sharing his knowledge and expertise. My biggest challenge now is to effectively influence novice and /or reluctant computer users in my ever expanding community.

20+ years experience in hands-on technical development, marketing, management and design of products for high-tech industry to include systems, boards and semiconductors. Customer support jobs included strategic accounts, new business, and applications engineering.

Career enrichment stints included 8 years in the US Air Force and embedded process analyst duties at the Microprocessor Report.

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At 3:47am on August 10, 2009, Anna Gonzalez said…: I was 19 and living in Sto. Tomas (25 km north of Angeles) when Pinatubo erupted. Our home was spared from the mudflow, but not the ashfall. I remember wondering whether our roof could hold up.
Yes, Bamban was one of those hard hit, and another town, too, Bacolor. One friend who lived there narrated how she had to climb the roof of her house to escape the rampaging mudflow, and how she saw animals, appliances, and debris sticking out from the mud.
What was really unfortunate though was the number of lives lost. Some folks who chose to move back to their homes afterward still claim to hear some eerie sounds in the still of the night-moaning and groaning-probably the poor souls who were never found and were buried alive by the mudflow.
It's been 18 years since and yes, Angeles is indeed back on its feet.
What you see now is awe-inspiring. Amidst the progress and development of the city, you see the resiliency of a people.

At 1:25am on August 10, 2009, Cary Snyder said…: I last visited in 1992. A trip I will never forget. I was shocked at the devastation of the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo; not so much the eruption itself rather the billions of tons of Lahar (ash) washed down the mountains and hills totally destroying house and whole towns in its path.

I cried with a lady and her family in Bamban Tarlac while we watched her house slowly collapsed into the raging coco-tan water of the Sacobia River. First the back wall, quickly crumbling down. Minutes later the ragging mud, water, and ash started tearing into the back sidewalk and porch. In 15 minutes the whole house was gone!

Memories like that are impossible to forget!

But It is interesting that 18 years later the Mountain Volcano has been replaced by the beautiful Lake Pinatubo.

Ah, the adventuresome stories I could tell of hunting Dear and Wild Pigs with a spear and a net in the hills just 20Km north of what is now Pinatubo Lake.

Interesting links: Map of Lake Pinatubo, its Wikipedia Link and The Conquest of Mount Pinatubo.

At 12:29am on August 10, 2009, Anna Gonzalez said…: hi, cary. thanks for dropping by my page. just signed up this morning, and a newbie at this. :)
i'm glad you like it here. i moved here in '97 from another town, and love it! when were you last here?