As Lower Columbia area ponders dangers of new LNG terminal, Savannah, Ga., residents report few problems with their own.

As the Daily News of Longview, Washington reports, “Daily News reporter Tony Lystra visited the Elba Island liquefied natural gas import terminal in Savannah, Ga., last week to find out what might come to the Columbia River if federal regulators approve a new facility proposed by NorthernStar Natural Gas.”

There is a proposed natural gas terminal for Oregon on the Columbia River across from the Puget Sound and they are turning to Savannah’s site for pros/cons of the location, incidents and to discuss the possibility of terrorist activities.

Savannah has been home to Elba Island for almost 30 years and I have often wondered the history behind the LNG location – this article gives a great overview.

The South Magazine celebrates an award winning year!

From the Press Release: “Jazz’d Tapas Bar to host party at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2007

There is no better way to celebrate in the South than a party with your friends

SAVANNAH, GA (May 23, 2007) – Savannah’s own The South magazine won 12 GAMMA Awards at the Magazine Association of the Southeast Annual Conference on Thursday, April 26th, 2007. The conference, which is in its 17th year, was the first for The South, a regional, bi-monthly publication that focuses on culture and lifestyle in Savannah and the Creative Coast.”

Join in the party, and Congratulations to The South!

Philly, San Fran, New York, Cleveland and other cities are all establishing citywide wi-fi networks. I think Savannah should do the same! Our downtown is a much more manageable size to initiate this type of project, and imagine the results. We already have great coffee shops and more with wi-fi installed, but it’d be great to sit at the park and work, or pull up a bench in a square on a cooler day. I could write these blog posts from River Street with a daiquiri in hand, not that I would, but if we had citywide wi-fi…hm….plus, I could do some clever ‘Interview with a Tourist’ type posts – that would be interesting!

Does Savannah have an initiative to do this type of project? There is a great list on our site of individual wi-fi hotspots – check it out.

Hm…Do I see a potential mapping project for me (coughNERDcough)?

If Savannah had downtown free wi-fi coverage, where would you love to go surf the interwebs?

Mashable, a social networking news site, has a post on Do It Yourself – 12 Cheats for Independent Entrepreneurs. They say, “Greetings, fellow members of the creative class. If you’re an Internet old timer, chances are you’ve already taken the initiative and set up various web-based money makers: selling t-shirts, putting ads on your website or even running a small business out of your garage. If you’re the type that likes to go it alone, here are 12 web tools that will help.”

Here is an overview:

1.) Be a retailer

2.) Be a winemaker

3.) Send invoices

4.) Be a publisher

5.) Create a website

6.) Create a newsletter

7.) Create a form

8.) Have a poll

9.) Outsource writing

10.) Be a comic book creator

11.) Design your own t-shirts

12.) Create ads
I think ‘winemaker’ is calling my name…