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THREAD/ Yesterday, two years ago.
Me and five online friends watched as Twitter users pleaded for flood rescue during #Harvey. The 911 system went down. Fed, state and city officials told people to use 911, and not to use Twitter.
Me and five online friends watched as Twitter users pleaded for flood rescue during #Harvey. The 911 system went down. Fed, state and city officials told people to use 911, and not to use Twitter.
We saw as anxiety turned to fear, then terror.
We saw volunteers wasting critical time boating to homes based on outdated posts.
We decided to focus on supporting fed agencies by giving them actionable, accurate, timely data for search and rescue.
We saw volunteers wasting critical time boating to homes based on outdated posts.
We decided to focus on supporting fed agencies by giving them actionable, accurate, timely data for search and rescue.
First up was the Google spreadsheet.
Then we coined the term #HarveySOS, and asked friends to go out and tag distress calls using that hashtag.
Another team grabbed those tagged tweets and entered them using consistent formatting.
Then we coined the term #HarveySOS, and asked friends to go out and tag distress calls using that hashtag.
Another team grabbed those tagged tweets and entered them using consistent formatting.
