{"id":1469,"date":"2011-01-17T18:32:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T23:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2011-01-18T18:19:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T23:19:13","slug":"domainers-australian-floods-please-donate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domainers-australian-floods-please-donate\/","title":{"rendered":"Domainers &#038; Australian floods &#8211; Please donate!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a followup to a post made on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/domaingang.com\/editorial\/domainers-and-australian-floods-the-time-to-donate-is-now\/\">DomainGang.com<\/a><\/strong>, I&#8217;m asking for all domainers to donate to the relief fund for the flood victims of Australia:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The <strong>catastrophic floods<\/strong> in Australia exceed in area 1 million square kilometers \u2013 or about <strong>4 times the affected area of hurricane Katrina. <\/strong>It\u2019s an area so vast that it matches the total size of <strong>Germany and France combined. <\/strong>It\u2019s a catastrophe, especially since there is no indication the waters will recede soon.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A lot of bloggers asked for the image used on DomainGang to be made available in a smaller, more usable format. Feel free to use this new, WordPress-friendly 125&#215;125 image to link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/floods\/donate.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Queensland relief fund.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/floods\/donate.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"australia-125x125\" src=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/australia-125x125.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/floods\/donate.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" img style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"australia-300x80\" src=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/australia-300x80.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please also note that Fabulous.com &amp; Mike Robertson are also on a <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/9Xxt5\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>similar initiative<\/strong><\/a> that collects Paypal funds as seen at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeFabulous\/status\/26835267457384448\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mike&#8217;s twitter post.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please donate and <strong>help spread the word that Australians need our help now!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a followup to a post made on DomainGang.com, I&#8217;m asking for all domainers to donate to the relief fund for the flood victims of Australia: The catastrophic floods in Australia exceed in area 1 million square kilometers \u2013 or about 4 times the affected area of hurricane Katrina. 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