Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. We can tap into local knowledge because our reports are coming from the source.
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