The Web 2.0 world right now is doing what it does best; sharing information, passing links and exchanging ideas as we prepare for Hurricane Gustav to hit the US Gulf Coast.
A sample of some pertinent social media activity (please add other good ones in the comments below:)
- Tweets from NOLA.com, the online arm of the New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Some Chicago Tribune reporters now on the ground in NOLA, tweeting & covering GustavÂ
- Millsaps College in Jackson MS just started a Twitter stream since they’re in the path of the storm
- For more Twitter-based info, see the search results for hurricane + gustav on Twitter Search
- The social media site Mahalo has a Gustav page
- Andy Carvin, social media director for NPR (@acarvin on Twitter) formed a Ning group:Â Gustav Information Center
- A Wikipedia page is up: Hurricane Gustav
- The World Wide Help blog now has a resources post on Gustav.
- A gustavwiki page is up, devoted to hurricane coverage
- The ComputerWorld magazine blog now has a Gustav resources page.
At Every Dot Connects, our thoughts and prayers are with those who are facing this storm. If you are in a position to help, online or off, please do so.
August 31st, 2008 at 9:15 am
Does anyone believe that Twitter is not useful?
August 31st, 2008 at 10:44 am
Thank you for sharing these links. My thoughts and prayers will certainly be with all those in the path of this storm.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:48 am
Ernie Svenson is staying in New Orleans. His twitter page is http://twitter.com/ernieattorney
August 31st, 2008 at 11:36 am
Has someone put together a resource that someone unfamiliar with social media can quickly read, understand, and put into place?
Social media is a GREAT idea for something like this, but we have to be careful of the “echo chamber.” I want to forward information to some not-very-tech-savvy people and I’m not having luck finding anything.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:48 am
Most active conversations on twitter related to #gustav can also be found here:
http://yooplace.com/place/gustav/
August 31st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Marina,
Try Social Media in Plain English, a short Common Craft video.
August 31st, 2008 at 5:50 pm
If I may, I’ve created a rather new website called Personal Hurricane Center.com I’ve recently added forecast tracks, computer forecast models, surface observations, radar and satellite imagery, and more. I believe this info will come in quite handy for this in the path of Gustav and Hanna (don’t forget Ike coming off the African coast!).