It's interesting watching savvy municipal employees of all stripes shift from viewing social media as another means of talking to the public, to viewing it as a new way to communicate with the public (two-way communication vs one-way bullhorn).
The change is forcing professionals to view themselves as a node in the network of information, rather than the, »read moreTag Archives: technology
Social Media as a Two-Way Street
It's interesting watching savvy municipal employees of all stripes shift from viewing social media as another means of talking to the public, to viewing it as a new way to communicate with the public (two-way communication vs one-way bullhorn).
The change is forcing professionals to view themselves as a node in the network of information, rather than the, »read moreWebinar: New England Coastal Hazards Resilience: Documenting Storm Damages
A new webinar for those of you in New England. For this one, we'll be introducing a new tool we at StormSmart have been working on with the good folks at the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NROC and NOAA. Hope you can join us.
What: New England Coastal Hazards Resilience Webinar: Documenting Coastal Storm Damages
When: September 28, 2011,, »read moreTags: events, research, technology
Will the Next Hurricane Put You Underwater? New Site Shows How Deep
Have a look at the new Miami-Dade County Storm Surge Simulator which lets you click on a map to show where you live and then select the severity of the storm before it shows you just how deep that water will be when that next hurricane hits. You can even select whether you want to see the depth shown on a person, a home, or a villa (I did mention this was, »read moreTags: hazard identification, mapping, planning, technology, training & outreach, weather & climate
No Budget? No Problem. Mississippi Group Makes Hurricane Safety PSAs on a Shoestring
With no funding (and a little help from the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium), Mississippi's C-HOST (Coastal Hazard Outreach Strategy Team) group has created some great quick public service announcements.
Below is one example, see the C-HOST videos page for more. (Does your group or community want its own StormSmart.org site? Let us, »read moreTags: case study, hurricanes, technology, training & outreach, video
Easy Live Steamflow Information Tool
Somehow we'd missed this tool, but the USGS has built a handy tool for finding current stream/river levels. File this away to use during your next storm event.
USGS WaterWatch
Thanks,, »read moreTags: emergency services, floods, hazard identification, technology
US Army Corps of Engineers Uses Facebook for 2011 Mississippi River Flood Updates
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division and its
districts have launched a new Facebook page to provide accurate, timely
information on the 2011 flood.
The page provides updates on the Corps of Engineers’ flood-fighting
activities, to include videos, photos and tweets; links to local
emergency management resources and federal, »read moreTags: floods, technology, training & outreach
Are You an Emergency Manager? Why You Need Social Media (and it needs you)
A new article from USA Today takes another look at how emergency management officials are using social media. We've seen these before, but each one adds new evidence to this simple idea:
If you're working in emergency management and NOT using social media, you're hampering your ability to do you job.
This study from the Red Cross showed how much people, »read more
Tags: case study, emergency services, technology
What Has the OCRM Done for You Lately?
Heard of NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), but not quite sure what they're all about? Have a look at their new site The OCRM in Your State, and use some fancy GIS'esq tools to navigate around the country and your state.
The OCRM in Your, »read moreFEMA Now Offering Live Chat with Map Specialists
This in the latest newsletter from FEMA:
The FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) is pleased to announce a new exciting service: Live Chat. Live Chat will allow FEMA stakeholders to interact with Map Specialists real-time via an online forum. Specialists can field inquiries pertaining to a wide variety of topics including Letters of Map Change, Elevation, »read more
Tags: hazard identification, technology
New Hurricane Science and Society Website
The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography launched a new website this week: Hurricanes: Science and Society. The site has loads of information on the science of hurricanes, methods of observing hurricanes, and modeling and forecasting of hurricanes. In addition to in-depth science content, the website includes educational resources,, »read more
