My thanks have to go to Steven Clift for circulating the following links regarding the use of social media in a disaster situation and we are all aware of what the USA has had to go through recently:
First of all some lessons learned from the Joplin tornado – http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/using%20social%20media%20in%20disasters.pdf
There was already Steven’s article – http://bitly.com/localrecovery – about creating micro online groups for more informal ongoing exchange as emergency response moves into recovery.
From Christchurch NZ comes a multi-agency meta site – http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz
As the globe warms and water levels and weather changes, these experiences need to be shared.
The Great E-mancipator 