Using Social Media to track Hurricane Gustav
August 30, 2008 by Kristie Wells
I love hearing interesting ways people are using Social Media, and the Ning site put up today to help report news on Hurricane Gustav is a brilliant use of the tools available. The site will aggregate content from a variety of sources, including; Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Utterz, Technorati, etc.- all you have to do is tag the item gustav.
Kudos to Andy Carvin for starting it and for everyone participating/contributing to help educate folks in the affected areas as well as keeping us connected so we can mobilize when needed.
We are all praying Gustav dies before hitting land again, but if it should continue on - here’s hoping we are better prepared to take action and respond quickly.
There’s also http://www.interdictr.com/ (interdictor @ twitter)
Nice post. I wasn’t aware of either this site or the one Arcturus listed. It’s an excellent example of social media sites for public good.
[...] time social media is making it easy to find information on what’s going on. Rick Sanchez from CNN said [...]
We saw the rise of people powered information during 9/11 and today’s enhanced tools truly enable us to connect and help in real time. This is one of the many things I love about social media.
[...] Kristie Wells of Social Media Club reported on social media being used to track Hurricane Gustav: A Ning.com site was put up the day New Orleans was to be hit, in order to aggregate content from a variety of sources, including; Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Utterz, Technorati, etc. These platforms are emerging tools for emergency planning and crisis communications. Fascinating stuff! [...]