…to all others who started this site. It was my first awakening and has been a well-rounded education into the issue of pandemics and preparedness…will be continueing this education over at the new fluwiki. Just wanted to say a final thanks here.
PS There is a “History of Flu Blogs” being compiled along with interesting discussion taking place at CE. http://www.curevents.com/vb/showthread.php?t=66595
The site was started by Melanie, the reveres from Effect measure and myself.
I am a latecomer. My first flu post was 11/04, after the period being reviewed at CE (March 2003 during SARS). The Flu Wiki origins .ppt slideshow is on the Large File Communications Project ftp.
It was a lovely site with good people behind the scenes and on the wiki itself. Thank you all. Melanie, DemFrom Ct, Pogge, anon-22, Bronco Billy and everyone else who had a hand in its making and its continuance in the future as a valued resource. Most likely I will never post again, though occassionaly might drop in and catch up on events. It has been a valued part of my personal education about H5N1. Good luck and smooth sailing.I hope we never see a pandemic, I also hope everyone , including those totaly oblivious to the threat, never have to face what was envisioned as a possible future. To everyone a healthy New Year and my warmest regards.
I also add my thanks to those with the foresight to start this Wiki - magic place, magic people.
Having the information on the Main Wiki, which will continue to be available, is the most valuable resource we could ever hope for in preparing for and coping with, a pandemic event.
I just hope I was wrong the whole time…
We have all learned a tremendous amount from each other. And we’ve learned how much is not known about seasonal flu, let alone pandemic flu.
Quite an educational experience. Wrong or right has little to do with that.
diana - please come over and post on the new Forum if you have not. We don’t want to lose anyone like yourself! I for one will certainly miss “old yeller”, it was an easy place to post, but never meant to handle the volume.
Thanks to Melanie, the Reveres, pogge, Dem from CT, and anon_22, and the electricity gurus, Eccles and Hillbilly Bill, and Will and Bronco Bill and the Doctor, so many who helped us with both practical problems and bouts of anxiety.
It isn’t so hard to use the new forum. I just ignore the extras for now, tabs or HTML or whatever. The links make themselves if you use the keyboard to copy and paste them. Logging in (or on?) is simple and the mods are patient if there’s a problem with it. It’s amazing that after logging in, the site tells me what I haven’t read yet! (what’s “new”) [It’s good to have a cheat sheet with directions nearby! :)]
Thanks to the mods and to all who have contributed to the conversation here - this site helped many of us to grasp the challenges we may face and to prepare accordingly.
For what it’s worth, this forum is/will always be something very special to me. First, an affirmation that I am not insane.
Secondly, an amazing place, with amazing people, in which I have literally laughed and cried with.
Third, a piece of history. I firmly believe that years from now all the post in all the threads will be analyzed and debated about. The main theme will certainly be, how did this group of people, such an infinitely small percentage of the worlds population, foresee such a biblical event?
Truly amazing.
I found my way here last May and soaked up as much as I could. It was a great learning experience and in all honesty I probably owe my life (and my husbands, pets, some family, etc.) to those I learned from on the Wiki. I don’t come here as often as I used to, and am not comfortable at the new site yet but you are all to valuable to lose. Thank you all for starting and sustaining such an important resource.
Good bye old friend. You served us well and educated me with some much practical information that I would have never gotten anywhere else. I would hate to start prepping over again somewhere else. I do not think I could do it. Thanks againa and my family will thank you down the road if the time comes. Thanks to Eccles, Hillbilly Bill and all the others I can not remember that have stopped posting, for their efforts in providing a lot of practical info.
Ditto to all the above (except I will be over at the new forum). Come on over diana, don’t leave us now :-)
Awesome place, awesome people.
My thanks to the mods for their foresight and care for their fellow man- for starting and building FW. For giving us all a place to learn what we need to know and to help each other in so many ways to prepare.
I have a special fondness for ‘Old Yeller’ (it’s where I landed when I first found out about H5N1)but I am so glad that we have a new and more robust home to continue in our work.
Hope to see you all there!
I am sorry to see old Yeller go, but I understand the technical problems involved. I, too, am not sure I care for the structure of the new site. It may work for the Daily Kos, but to my simple mind the new program is awkward and not intuitive at all. Howver, I try to zoom by once or twice a week to check in on the news and see what new preps my flu buddies are getting!
The wiki has been a life altering event—and thanks to all the mods for the opportunity to learn and prepare.
Best regards,
Jennifer
This forum/site was the first one I found when looking for birdflu information more than a year ago and I read voraciously. I posted initially as lulubelle. FW lead me to other sites, but I always returned here just to check on things, including yesterday to see it would soon be closing. I do like the ease of reading here and am sorry to see it go, but I understand. It was just a matter of time.
Thanks to all who worked hard to keep it up and running this long.
That was me, Mosaic. Not sure why my name didnt show - must have been the removed slash between mosaic and lulubelle.
LOL, how appropriate to go out on a little glitch. ;-)
heh… boy, you’ve come a long way, Mosaic, with your current work at CE.
We consider you a succesful graduate ;-)
I also would like to thank every one on this site for advancing my knowledge of Avian Flu and preparedness in general. I will hate to see old Yeller go as I have enjoyed it here. Best wishes.
I would like to add my thanks to all on the site. In that this portion will close, I will bid you all a very sad fare well. But know that I will be lurking on the new site
Bummer. I will miss this Old Yeller place. How the heck am I going to know if TSHTF or not?! I can’t keep up with the blue site. Is the code going to be an upside down swan over there too?
Is the code going to be an upside down swan over there too?
Yes, April, but we also have banners to say things. There’d be something like this prominently displayed.
April, we also have an email listing for notification. Hopefully we’ll be alert enough to world events for an email “heads up” to be sent out to those on the list. It would let you know to check in on the fluwikie to see what’s up. Just let Mama (see her profile) know your email address. May we never see the swans heads down. Many thanks to all here. This was home and where I found it easiest to look around and learn. I’ll miss the ease and the comfort zone of old yeller. But we move on and continue to learn and prep. My stress level is lower because of all the knowledge that was shared so willingly here. It feels almost like we should all receive post-grad degrees for the things taught and learned on this site. We are so much wiser now. Thank you all.
Speaking of… Will Melanie come back for a proper send off? I would like to hear from her one last time on here.
Fluwikie forum, we hardly knew ye.
But seriously thanks for making all of this possible for as long as old yeller lived.
I’ll be over at Monotreme’s site.
Will the last person out turn off the lights.
This forum has been an amazing and life altering experience for me. I came to learn about what was happening with H5N1. Along the way, I picked up more education from more wonderful people than I could ever have managed to meet in any imaginable venue, and somewhere along the line I also sprouted a whole second family
There are many people whom I know only by their alias who are more real to me than folks I know in person. Who’da thought?
Thanks to Melanie, Poggie, the Reveres, Bronc and everyone else who kept this thing up and running long enough to allow all of us to get ready for whatever may come.
Eccles - There are many people whom I know only by their alias who are more real to me than folks I know in person. Who’da thought?
I agree. I’ve never met you, but trust you more than some people I see everyday. Most here spoke from the heart and gave of their knowledge so that the group could learn and live. Thank you all. Without the help and friendship given here, many more folks would still be in the dark. You guys and gals are the greatest. Would that we could enter the transporter and just say “Beam me up, Scottie” and all end up together on an island paradise with all our preps, and our new friends who are so talented. See ya there.
Thanks, Hugs and Irish Blessings to Everyone; who has ever posted here.
Well, I’m a long time lurker and seldom poster here. I suppose I’ll remain the same at the new location. But, it was “yeller” when I found it so, I guess I do feel a little sentimental. I ditto Eccles’ thoughts as well.
Had to make one last post at “Old Yeller”. It’s so sad, boo hoo, like going to a funeral. The many hours I spent addicted to this screen, checking out who was saying what. There was something special happening here, a great sense of community and personality. Thank you all, for the memories.
Raise a glass of cheer, my friend, for Auld Lang Syne.
Sorry to see the forum close down, but that’s the way it is in the virtual world. Cheers. ..glug glug.. (falls over)
You’re all very welcome. It was an accident that it became far more than we originally intended it to be. Unfortunately, on this platform it was also a giant pain in the butt sometimes to keep it running but it was obviously accomplishing something so we kept it going until we could find it a new home.
Thanks to all of you for being with us. Without all of you it’s just a computer and some software.
As far as I can tell, I’ll be converting it to read only with the exception of the two recurring threads some time tomorrow afternoon. Probably later in the afternoon.
Um, I see I forgot to change my name back. It’s late. Gimme a break. ;-)
Thanks to everyone who made this site great! I very much enjoyed having the opportunity to post here.
One last post….How sad!Ive stuck to this forum far longer than any other forum. How odd to see it go before I do! I’m glad though that most everybody has gone over to “New Blue”- and Momotreme-I do visit your site quite frequently, one of these days I’ll register and say something, but will be a lurker til then.
How wonderful it will be if the next split off is the “Post Pandemic Forum” and we’ve all come out safe and sound!
A thank you from me as well. I’m a lurker here as I typically hang out over at CE but lots and lots of info was perused and digested from this location. A huge thank you to all that educated myself and quite possibly, and quite literally, saved my family in the future. Thank you.
Monotreme — 12 January 2007, 08:25 --- And we’d love to see you visit more often, even with your busy schedule.
Thank you all for everything. It’s been quite a journey. I read monotreme and try to read blue. A “special” thanks to TomDVM.
GoodBye Ole Yeller and friends I will miss you
Thank you Melanie, for publishing the FluWikie to begin with; thank you DemFromCT, for editing and moderating the site; thank you pogge, for keeping the systems running smoothly, thank you Revere, for weighing in occasionally on timely issues; thank you CanadaSue, for posting your story, which got me involved and concerned. Thank you FluWikie, for making me more aware of what is going on in the world today, and what types of threats humankind faces in the future, not just Avian Influenza, but many others…
And thank you to all who have visited, posted, lurked, and spoken out here. Without you, we would not have become what many consider the premier website for Avian Influenza information…
Thank you for the most interesting site on this computer,i stopped writing but never stopped reading the news and opinions,and satire.Bronco your the best!!!! Lets hope 2007 will not be what we all have been planning for,Simon
And with that, I’m afraid the time has come. I’m about to go to work.
Bye Old Yeller. It’s been great. See you all on New Blue!
All—please come over to the New Forum…there are several folks who will help you navigate. It’s really not as difficult as it first appears…