PonderingThings
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After reading this wonderful article http://www.messengernews.net/top_stories_full.asp?3675
about Missing Person Greg Howell, and the initiative to build a missing person's Statewide database in Iowa, I thought I'd check out the web pages they spoke about.
They didn't provide a link in the article so I fired up google and quickly found it: [size=-1]www.dps.state.ia.us/mpic/howellg.htm[/size]
First of all I couldn't get it to connect. I then used google's cache option and the page loaded without the images (page archived as of Dec 29th). I was then able to view Greg Howell's stats, but not any images. I think that may have been a good thing because the photo, that's supposed to be Greg Howell, is tagged as "Missing Disabled Adult - Julia Prather".
How awful for the family to be directing people to this site and it doesn't work. When it is working, will a photo of a woman come up on Greg Howell's page? As an aside, the link at the bottom of the page "Return to Iowa Missing Person Home Page" doesn't work either because its listed as a "file", not a URL.
So Greg Howell's family got some publicity about his disappearance. They are trying to get the word out, but unfortunately no one bothered to check the web page they talked about!
Perhaps I'm being too harsh... it might only be a glitch... its still a shame though that they haven't registed him at some of the other sites available!
P.S. I did send them an email telling them about the article and the problem accessing the page. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
about Missing Person Greg Howell, and the initiative to build a missing person's Statewide database in Iowa, I thought I'd check out the web pages they spoke about.
They didn't provide a link in the article so I fired up google and quickly found it: [size=-1]www.dps.state.ia.us/mpic/howellg.htm[/size]
First of all I couldn't get it to connect. I then used google's cache option and the page loaded without the images (page archived as of Dec 29th). I was then able to view Greg Howell's stats, but not any images. I think that may have been a good thing because the photo, that's supposed to be Greg Howell, is tagged as "Missing Disabled Adult - Julia Prather".
How awful for the family to be directing people to this site and it doesn't work. When it is working, will a photo of a woman come up on Greg Howell's page? As an aside, the link at the bottom of the page "Return to Iowa Missing Person Home Page" doesn't work either because its listed as a "file", not a URL.
So Greg Howell's family got some publicity about his disappearance. They are trying to get the word out, but unfortunately no one bothered to check the web page they talked about!
Perhaps I'm being too harsh... it might only be a glitch... its still a shame though that they haven't registed him at some of the other sites available!
P.S. I did send them an email telling them about the article and the problem accessing the page. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
