The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Image: Alphabet. Loon has also provided internet services to areas affected by natural disasters, deploying balloons to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017 and to Peru following an earthquake in 2019. In the coming months, we’ll begin winding down operations and it will no longer be an Other Bet within Alphabet.”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

She did a lot of work on the hurricane aftermath (she's an expert on hazardous waste, and a gazillion other things). Any IT setup has to be distributed as we saw so many single point data sources taken out by Hurricane Katrina, with no alternate location for getting same data stream. I thought her comments would be worth posting.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images. Image Credits: Jacobs Stock Photography (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Rising tides, massive hurricanes, power outages, wildfires, droughts and more are going to become part of our daily news vernacular. First, there is a cluster around “wellness.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. Google's Hurricane Sandy map currently shows areas with power outages.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

Image: Loon. The company’s balloons have already provided internet connectivity in the wake of disasters, like in Puerto Rico in 2017 after Hurricane Maria or in Peru after an earthquake in 2019 , but never as part of a large-scale commercial deployment. Download speeds of 18.9Mbps have been recorded.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. That is no longer the case.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This is especially true for mass marketing messages and broad fundraising appeals for monumental events like hurricanes or earthquakes. One important study shows that a positive image of a child leads to a higher average gift donation than a negative one. If so, using negative images can be an effective way to show urgent need.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. The system had three components: The Image Tagger — Volunteers sort through news photos coming out of Haiti and categorize (tag) them with keywords like “adult, child, alive, deceased.”

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 22, 2013

It isn’t very difficult to find easy, inexpensive ways for to give back to your city and your community — especially in the aftermath of natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy. Image credit: TaraPatta / Shutterstock. Oh and by the way (hope they aren’t reading.) they usually work longer or through lunch on those food-for-all days.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Photo illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Open Homes started in 2012, inspired by a host who opened her home to people affected by Hurricane Sandy. The new organization, called Airbnb.org , is the evolution of Airbnb’s Open Homes and Frontline stays programs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

government estimates that floods in recent decades (exclusive of hurricanes and tropical storms) have caused an estimated $160 billion in damage and killed hundreds of people. Image Credits: FloodMapp. Image Credits: FloodMapp. We have really sort of broken the speed barrier.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Using drones, Zeitview captures data — including images and thermal readings — on infrastructure like wind turbines and solar panels and runs that data through AI algorithms. Zeitview, it must be noted, is benefiting from the strength of the broader segment for aerial imaging.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. The Red Cross hurricane app uses GPS to find the nearest shelters. Image of HelpBridge for Android courtesy of Microsoft. In times of emergency, locating your family and friends is a priority.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Would Love Your Support Flickr photo credit: Cupcakes by lamantin Tweet.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

At the time, the operation was both smaller and under siege by Hurricane Dorian, which wiped out the team’s coral farm in the Bahamas — and then, of course, the pandemic arrived just in time to spoil the team’s 2020 plans along with everyone else’s. Image Credits: Coral Vita. Image Credits: Coral Vita.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. In August of 2005, she had barely begun getting things in order when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck. ” Image: bloggernews.net. It was not an easy road for Nancy. It as a lucky thing they did.

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DataRobot

MAY 25, 2022

In 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck the U.S. DataRobot combines these datasets and data types into one training dataset used to build models for predicting whether a building will be damaged in the hurricane. Example Images of Properties with Damage. Gulf Coast and caused approximately $125 billion in damage.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

FloodCube in action Image Credits: 7Analytics. And Hurricane Ida alone reportedly caused at least $50 billion in damages , depending on what figures we’re to believe. Show me the data.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources. Image: Microsoft's HelpBridge. All that in one little app. Please log in and tell us.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

After Hurricane Sandy, we compiled a list of general IT safety tips to help you recover hardware and IT equipment after a disaster. Image: Philippine Red Cross. TechSoup's donor partner Esri. published an interactive map of the typhoon to support disaster relief agencies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Image Credits: Sofar. “What we’re seeing now, especially in light of COP26, is that climate change discussions are finally taking center stage as governments across the globe adjust and plan ahead for more intense hurricanes and storms, rising sea levels and threatened ecosystems like coral reefs,” Janssen explained.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” Image Credits: Dash. Commercial contracts are all well and good, but the idea actually got its start in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, where in Puerto Rico, Ifill said, people had gone nearly two weeks without any deliveries because the communications infrastructure was so devastated.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

And we are bracing for yet another intense, potentially deadly hurricane season. That’s the reality on the ground, as communities on the Gulf Coast try to recover from another hurricane. Let an image do the talking They say an image is worth a thousand words, which is nice because writing is hard sometimes. Devastation.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. Before the hurricane hit, residents could receive location-targeted SMS messages directing them to evacuate. Image: Sonny M. This storm will obliterate everything in its path: homes, roads, power lines, and communication capabilities. The Difference Technology Makes.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Will Ross and William Steenbergen were AI researchers at Stanford working on climate and atmospheric modeling and reinforcement learning, respectively, when they began to collaborate on wildfire modeling and hurricane modeling initiatives for the insurance industry. Image Credits: Federato.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 18, 2021

So when we make technology, maybe it needs to be formed in our image.”. Press the button in the middle to play music — when I did so while writing this, the drum beats on “Hurricane” and The Weeknd’s soaring vocals filled my office. The final product, the Stem Player, which Kano made in partnership with Ye, doesn’t have finger holes.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Once Lynk puts a few more satellites in orbit, it could cover a good deal of the planet in signal — a narrow and intermittent signal, to be sure, but that’s way better than nothing if you break your ankle while hiking in the backcountry or want to assure your family you’re okay after a hurricane knocks out power in your city.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

For example, the image here is a map showing hurricane impact on the Gulf Coast from 1850 - 2005. GIS software can help you build maps, but it has many other capabilities related to the querying, visualization, and interpretation of complex data.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

With this year being the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, it's a good time to make sure your organization is prepared to remain resilient and keep the doors open to serve your community - whether you face a natural disaster or a simple server failure. Image: CARD, Coordinating Agencies Responding to Disasters.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

He says that his inspiration for doing this work came to him in wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when AFP needed to find additional ways to stay in touch with members. Image: AFP. He told me that he has a passion for showing members how to use new technologies, and he also likes to catalog new tools in AFP’s Resource Center.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. Image 1: NTEN. Image 2: Tech Impact. Image 3: John Dalisky. Image 4: TechSoup. Image 5: Peter Campbell. spanhidden.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2006

bekka writes about volunteering at the Algiers Regional Branch Library in New Orleans where she sorted through books that thousands of people sent to the New Orleans Public Library System after Hurricane Katrina. web site with one of the Women of Taste banner images , and to let their readers know that volunteers are still needed.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Applying technology to disaster relief has evolved by leaps and bounds since I joined 2,000 people, most of whom I'd never met, to tackle the problem of creating a single searchable database of every person displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the days after the disaster. Images: FEMA 15022 / Jocelyn Augustino / CC BY-NC.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Image 1: NetSquared classic home page, circa 2005 ( gorickjones ). Image 2: The NetSquared site 1.0 ( cambodia4kidsorg ). " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The Iraq War was raging. The buzzword then was Web 2.0,

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

David got really involved in nonprofit database work just after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. After the hurricane displaced hundreds of thousands of people, online survivor registries began appearing on multiple websites. Image one: courtesy of David Geilhufe. Image two: Smiteme. Image three: NetSuite logo.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Some of those images were released on sites like Reddit, Imgur, and 4chan in an attempt to sell them for bitcoin , the virtual currency, and then shared far and wide. Images: Image 1 : CLF / CC BY-NC-ND. Image 2 : Bank Simple / CC BY-NC-ND. Back Up Your Data Securely. Do you have tips on staying safe online?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

A "disaster" doesn't necessarily have to mean a fire, earthquake, hurricane, or other natural occurrence. The Rockaways, in the borough of Queens, was one of the hardest hit areas during Hurricane Sandy. When Laurence Copel moved to New Orleans in 2010, the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

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