The Facts of Life during Hurricane Season and CRAAP detection.

The last few weeks have been determined by the weather, and more specifically by close-by hurricanes. This week, our community has been subjected again to heavy rains and major flooding. Weather systems have been creating almost micro-climate cells.... you could literally drive 10 minutes and be out of the heavy rain area, and then around the turn, you would be facing flooded roads... Electrical outages, internet connectivity issues...and all the other "good stuff" that goes with these weather troubles.

And then...as if the weather didn't give our community enough issues. As instructed, i checked out my email, my spam and trash folders....I have been getting emails from people and companies I haven't even heard of before....went ahead and blocked them....I am not sure if this is because of Google or Bing searches, or by visiting dubious websites.... AARGH! As a teacher, I have been worried about what my students access online as research materials, helping them distinguish credible online sources, what to look for, and what not to do to find resources. But it looks like I, myself, need to be a lot more aware of what I do online, what site links I click on, and what I leave behind when I do visit websites...
I also need to go through my spam and regular email folders, and start "unsubscribing" from all these list I signed up for without even realizing.
Sad to find out that even the online world has become so untrustworthy. What ever happened to just seeing the good things?