Gustav: Online resources are up, Blackwater gears up, Twitter blows up.

(1) Mercenary army outsourcers Controversial private security contractor firm Blackwater is gearing up for disaster in the Gulf, as Hurricane Gustav approaches. Snip from a "help wanted" ad on the firm's website:

Blackwater is compiling a list of qualified security personnel for possible deployment into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. Applicants must meet all items listed under the respective Officer posting and be US citizens. Contract length is TBD.

Via Clayton Cubitt.

(2) Sean Bonner of metblogs writes:

This morning I've stumbled across a good number of online resources for Hurricane Gustav and New Orleans and thought it would be good to start a list here to keep track of them. Feel free to add any in the comments and I'll try to keep this list updated with any links posted.

Gustav resources online (hub.metblogs)

(3) You can follow Twitter chatter about #gustav here. Needless to say, the search string updates very frequently right now.

(4) Wikipedia says the Swedish name "Gustav" means "Staff of the Goths."

Previously on Boing Boing: New Orleans mayor: "We really don't have the resources to rescue you after this."

August 31st, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | |

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