TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image Credits: Zeitview Since its founding, Zeitview claims it’s deployed drones to snap photos of wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean, real estate complexes after a Texas hurricane and thermal data from “utility-scale” solar farms. Zeitview was founded in 2014 with the goal of bringing a new resource to businesses: the sky.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). I was particularly touched by my interview with Deron Beal, the Executive Director and founder of the Freecycle Network , so I thought I'd share it here.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2014

Hurricane season kicked off on June 1 and we’ve already got our first tropical depression in the Atlantic. A disaster can be as big as a hurricane or as small as a water main break that floods your office and surrounding neighborhood. How will television and radio interviews be handled? Who will handle volunteer inquires?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. It's an amazing act of love really in response to the hurricane and the racial neglect that occurred down on the Gulf. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. I talked with Jodie Van Horn, a campaigner for Rainforest Action Network 's Freedom From Oil campaign, and the coordinator for Plug-In Bay Area about the plug-in campaign in the Bay Area as well as the national Freedom from Oil Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. Here's one I shared, an interview with Sarah Koch from Causes. To learn more about it, join the Mozilla crew and friends for a Twitter chat next Monday evening. NTEN has two fantastic events this month!

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Anthony Chavez makes dinner deliveries during Hurricane Ida. Anthony Chavez delivers an ice cream during Hurricane Ida. Later, trying to get his score up, he volunteered to work during Hurricane Ida, wrecked his bike, and got bumped from the schedule entirely. September 1, 6:30 P.M. Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

This week, as BlogHer , launched a special campaign with GlobalGiving to raise money for lifesaving programs for women around the world, here is an interview with Donna Callejon who is the Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving. The US projects are an interesting mix - several in the gulf coast as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Carrie came to ALS from the Red Cross, so she brought all her crisis and disaster communications management skills and knowledge to the Ice Bucket Challenge as the campaign went viral and the donations came flooding in. “It felt like when I managed communications at the Red Cross during Hurricane Katrina.”

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2020

Samantha Wright, Director of Development Operations and Analytics for the food bank, says that being located in a hurricane zone makes them “no strangers to disaster response.” For instance, Wright explained how “photos, interviews, and stories are continually fed to the communications team,” which then shares the information with supporters.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

I recently interviewed Dan Fitzpatrick, the president of the Tiny Home Industry Association about these needs. can learn from recent hurricane disasters in the southeast Dan and I have observed the damage across Florida and North Carolina from three catastrophic hurricanes in 2024: Debby, Helene, and Milton. and beyond.

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TechNode

MAY 22, 2024

The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. The second is a crisis of the climate, which is hanging like a sword over humanity whether it was the hurricane in Florida, which upended lives and livelihoods, or the floods we have seen in Europe and China, and today in Pakistan, 60% of the country was under water.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 17, 2006

I enjoyed the book so much I asked her if I could interview her about her work at Network for Good, her book and being a social marketer. People typically give to charity when there is a crisis (like the horrendous tsunamis or Hurricane Katrina), and they give money at the end of the year. Describe the work you do for Network for Good.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

You’ll recall this interview , and this post , and this one. When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. We did start a group hurricane blog after Wilma, thankfully we have not put it to good use. Maybe a section on this blog, or a wiki, pulling the idea together[?]

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In an interview with Artnet s Adam Schrader, Sauter Moreraan accomplished photographer discussed this image and others hed made using AI, all inspired by the secret lives of 1970s Costa Rican cowboys. Even now, this isnt a theoretical problem.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 9, 2025

Layoffs last week at NOAAs Office of Aircraft Operations, home of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, threaten to reduce the quality of data critical for hurricane monitoring, prediction, and warning. Hurricane Hunters fly into active storms to collect data used for weather forecasts.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

An even greater scale of destruction hit eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina in September 2024, when Hurricane Helenes rainfall and flooding decimated towns and washed out parts of major highways. Historic floods wiped out businesses and homes in eastern Kentucky in February 2021, July 2022 and now February 2025.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In September, more than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina were under boil-water notices for nearly two months after Hurricane Helene destroyed much of a local water system. Climate impacts and the Trump administration Weather extremes made worse by climate change have disrupted peoples access to water.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Interview beneficiaries and incorporate their stories into your fundraising appeals. For example, a disaster relief organization may explain how the destruction caused by a recent hurricane has left families in the area without electricity and running water and that with donors help, you can turn things around more quickly.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 3, 2025

The series transports us to Miami's Maguire Medical Center as it braces for a hurricane. Pulse teases out the answers to these questions amidst a sea of hurricane injuries and bloody operations, hoping to examine the power dynamics of workplace relationships while also delivering medical thrills.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

Featuring one of the first interviews with recent Amazon apostate Tim Bray. Hurricane Season — Jak (@crownme_kay95) May 31, 2020. This investigation is part of a series called Tech Nations, which examines the world’s largest technology companies as if they were countries – not corporations. Welcome to Jumanji Level 6. Talk to us.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

The AP, after obtaining the list from a source outside the weather service, sought to verify the numbers by calling individual weather offices, checking online staff lists and interviewing other employees not involved in the data-gathering effort. Its just that much harder and it puts lives at risk, Placky said.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

I think they need a publicist, because people just dont understand, Spann told Inside Climate News in an interview conducted before the weekends severe weather events. Those are extremely helpful when youre approaching a tornado threat, a snow storm, winter storm, flood, hurricane, he said.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Pappas is whip-smart and has acquitted herself well in a series of recent interviews ; I hope she’ll get a chance to put her stamp on TikTok as its leader. Microsoft Flight Simulator players are hunting down Hurricane Laura as it approaches the US Gulf Coast. Hurricane Laura toppled the statue atop of the monument overnight.

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