After the destruction of two major hurricanes on the southeastern
border of the United States and the Caribbean, government officials and
crisis responders have been forced to use social media as an important
vehicle when it comes to real-time communication, information and saving
lives.
Just two weeks ago, the US Coast Guard urged East Texas citizens to stay away from social media and report their crises through the traditional method of calling 911 or similar emergency numbers, in conjunction with Hurricane Harvey.
According to the Dutch website TheNextweb, these successive natural disasters seem to have helped to prove that social media could be the fastest way to spread information, prompting the US Coast Guard official on Twitter to ask everyone to follow up on the sub-account for more information on Hurricane Irma.
Doug Hildebrand, a meteorologist working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told The Wall Street Journal in New York that Twitter is used to disseminate information about Irma's moves.
"With many of the updates that Noa has made about the changing storm, it is necessary that people have multiple ways of getting information,"
Just two weeks ago, the US Coast Guard urged East Texas citizens to stay away from social media and report their crises through the traditional method of calling 911 or similar emergency numbers, in conjunction with Hurricane Harvey.
According to the Dutch website TheNextweb, these successive natural disasters seem to have helped to prove that social media could be the fastest way to spread information, prompting the US Coast Guard official on Twitter to ask everyone to follow up on the sub-account for more information on Hurricane Irma.
Doug Hildebrand, a meteorologist working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told The Wall Street Journal in New York that Twitter is used to disseminate information about Irma's moves.
"With many of the updates that Noa has made about the changing storm, it is necessary that people have multiple ways of getting information,"
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