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

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