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I wanted to highlight a new list of social media offerings from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which are on its website here. They include the Department’s here. They include the Department’s two-week-old blog; Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and Twitter sites for various DHS agencies; and even the iTunes offerings from the Transportation Security Administration. And, [...]

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With anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, CIO magazine has an interesting article titled “How Social Networking Saved New Orleans” about how web-based new media tools such as Flickr, Yahoo Groups, wikis and Google Maps have been integral in citizen efforts to help reestablish and rebuild their community. The article highlights the work of Alan Gutierrez from the nonprofit [...]

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Just a reminder to contribute to the Flickr photo project that WNYC’s ”Brian Lehrer Show” is conducting in conjunction with our “Are You Ready?” series this month.
We are asking listeners to post a picture of the ‘comfort items’ — things that are not essential but would make life a little better if you needed to evacuate — they have already (or intend to) [...]

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Yesterday’s installment of this month’s ”Are You Ready” series I am doing on WNYC’s “Brian Lehrer Show” is now on the WNYC website
As part of the Flickr photo project the show is conducting, below is a photo of the ’comfort items’ from my family’s ‘Go-Bags’. We are asking listeners to post a picture of the ‘comfort items’ — things that are not essential but would make [...]

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Today, I will be on the The Brian Lehrer Show (820AM/93.9FM) between 10:40am-11:00am. I am appearing on the show every week in April to discuss emergency preparedness in a series titled “Are You Ready”. Last week’s segment focused on my involvement in the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteer program. 
 
One of the topics we are going to cover today is how to [...]

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