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A Citizen’s Eye View of Public Preparedness

Entries from September 2008

New Social Media Informing And Assisting Citizens In New Ways During Gustav & Beyond

September 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

In a previous post, I mentioned how I have been closely following the Red Cross’ social media sites, including the ARC Online Newsroom and its Twitter feed to keep apprised of what was happening ‘on the ground’ during Gustav. I have also been monitoring other non-Red Cross related social media sites over the past couple days as they provide [...]

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Support The American Red Cross’ Hurricane Gustav Relief Effort

September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you are interested in supporting the Red Cross’ relief efforts for Gustav (and, possibly in the next few days, Hurricane Hanna and Tropical Storm Ike), you can donate directly at http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_subsrc=RCO_LatestNews&s_src=DRF
Thanks.

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