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[A generator has been found! Please see the updates at the end of this post.]

Calling on the power of Twitter crowdsourcing!

My Twitter bud Tracy Lee Caroll, a.k.a. @StarrGazr is in urgent need of a generator.

She and her family live in the in southern New Hampshire,  near Nashua, not far from Boston. An ice storm hit their area on Thursday night and they have been without power for almost 2 days. It will be days more before power will be restored.

With no power, they have:

• no running water - water pumps require electricity
• no lights
• no heat

Tracy Lee and her family are visiting neighbours (who have a generator) to bathe and recharge cell phones. They have firewood for their fireplace for some heat. But what they really need is a generator of their own.

They are willing to travel all the way to Rhode Island if they can secure one.

If you live in the northeastern U.S. and can help Tracy Lee find a generator, please contact her with the name & phone number of the store/person:

via Twitter: @ or DM @StarrGazr

via email: me |at| tracylee |dot| com

Check Tracy Lee’s Posterous and Flickr streams for more photos of the devestation.

I have tremendous faith in the power of Twitter to find help for people through exteneded social networks.

Please put the word out to your network to help Tracy Lee find a generator.

Thank you!

[UPDATE: Looks like Joe Cascio's generator is not going to work for Tracy's needs. The search continues. ]

[UPDATE 8:30 PM: Joe Cascio's generator IS going to work. And @Fairminder a.k.a. Jim Spencer is going to drive it out to Tracy tomorrow from Boston. Another successful Twitter crowdsourcing effort. Thank you to everyone who retweeted and put the word out to help Tracy.]