Woodward Tornado Info

Woodward Tornado Info www.facebook.com/woodwardtornadoinfo has further proven to me the usefulness of a central information hub as a clearinghouse for information for use in disaster recovery.The "Tornado Info" page has no other agenda or affiliation other than with the recovery of the community it serves. The page can be set up in advance and left in a pre-launch phase and used for basic weather updates etc. or a "Tornado Info" page can be set up immediately following a tornado or other natural disaster using a basic template and standard operating procedures    The page then serves to facilitate early assessment and recovery then further serves to "connect the dots" between needs and resources. 96 hours appears to be a magic number as far as communication and logistics are concerned after a tornado. If at some point before that 96 hours an information infrastructure is well established, recovery can move forward at a much greater rate than it could without using the powerful tool that is social media.
Rebecca Williams
Managing Admin
Joplin Tornado Info

The Use of Social Media For Disaster Recovery-field guide

Social Media-Changing the face of recovery.

Woodward, Oklahoma was hit by an EF-3 tornado April 15, 2012 at 12:10 p.m. Woodward Tornado Info
was created and launched within the hour BLANK miles away near Joplin, Missouri. Within 72 hours WWTI had established itself as a communication hub for private citizens and helping organizations to "connect the dots"
between needs and resources.

The Use of Social Media for Disaster Recovery- Rebecca and Genevieve Williams

http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/using%20social%20media%20in%20disasters.pdf

Brown Recluse Bite Natural Treatment Relieves Pain & Aids Healing

Brown Recluse Bite:
Natural Treatment Relieves Pain & Inflammation; Aids Healing

Ozark Brown Recluse Bite Poultice Recipe

Puree Equal Parts


Olive Oil
Honey
Basil
Ginger (crystallized if possible)
Tumeric
Plantain Leaves
(plantain leaves & Crystallized ginger were reasonably priced at the local health food store)
(add  additional olive oil and honey in equal parts to make paste consistency if needed)
(garlic and echinacea can be added to poultice if desired)

Store in Refrigerator for freshness &; Cool soothing when applied.
(Poultice is edible and non-toxic)

Apply poultice to bite area,  cover with telfa, gauze etc.
(tumeric leaves a yellow stain)
Wrap and secure with Coban type self adhesive Dressing
Change twice daily
(before bed and early morning)

To clean area during dressing changes saturate a washcloth  with  100% Aloe Vera Juice, apply to area, then gently clean. Rinse with aloe vera juice if needed.

After the bite "volcanoes"
alternate brown recluse recipe poultice and  100% Aloe Vera Juice wet to dry dressing.

Wet to dry Aloe Vera Dressing:
Saturate gauze with aloe vera juice
wind gauze gently into and around bite
cover with 4 X 4 gauze pad saturated  with  aloe vera juice
cover with dry gauze
wrap with Coban type self adherent elastic dressing.
alternate with poultice or use aloe vera all the time but keep changing the dressing twice daily.
store aloe vera juice in the refrigerator the cool soothes the bite area.

The wet to dry dressing forces a wick action which helps the bite drain.
Continue until would is healed. Full healing takes 8-10 weeks.

Links:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/spider_bite_brown_recluse_spider_bite/article_em.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider
http://www.brownreclusespider.org/brown-recluse-spider.htm
Use of nitroglycerine patch if treatment is begun early enough:
http://www.highway60.com/mark/brs/bite.asp?Msg=679