Twitter launched a new alert system for emergencies and other important information back in September. This morning, the company announced that it is expanding into the UK and Ireland. Nearly sixty accounts in the region have signed up to participate.…
Google Maps Shows Before/After Moore, Oklahoma Tornado Imagery
Google has a crisis response map for those affected by the giant tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma. Included in that is imagery of the area from Google Maps. Google posted a before/after look at the area to its Google…
Tornado Death Toll Lowered: One Bright Spot In Oklahoma Storm Story
The estimated death toll for the giant tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday was drastically lowered today. While earlier reports had at least 51 people dead, including 20 children, the numbers have been revised to 24 confirmed dead,…
You Have To See This Incredible Video Of The Oklahoma Tornado Forming
There has been a lot of terrifying imagery of the tornado that terrorized the Oklahoma City area on Monday, but this incredible video shows the formation of the storm in Newcastle, OK. “The birth of the May 20, 2013 tornado…
Oklahoma Tornado Photos Are All Over Reddit
A tornado, which reached an estimated width of two miles at one point, ripped through Oklahoma on Monday afternoon, leaving at least 51 people (including at least 20 children) dead, and an enormous path of destruction in its wake. On…
Second Sinkhole Appears in Tampa Bay Area
It appears that the Earth may be attempting to swallow Tampa Bay, Florida. Less than one week after a sinkhole reported to be 30 feet across pulled a man named Jeffrey Bush to his death, Reuters is reporting that a…
Donate to Hurricane Sandy Relief While Using iTunes
Apple and the American Red Cross have partnered to help superstorm Sandy survivors by adding a donation page to iTunes this morning. From the iTunes homepage, you can access the donation page via a new button just under the new…
Asteroid DA14 Misses Earth In Animated, Data-Backed Video
For those of you still fretting that Earth will get smacked with a 40 meter-wide asteroid next year even though reliable experts have said that these fears are overstated, here’s a computer-animated rendering of how exactly Earth won’t be in…
Google, World Bank To Improve Disaster Preparedness In Developing Countries
Within a generation, we will no longer leave the house. We won’t need to. Mobility will become obsolete. Similar to our regard to the appendix and nipples on males, feet will become lumpy appendages whose purpose we no longer remember.…
See The Japan Earthquake / Tsunami Damage Through Before & After Street View
Back in March, a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused massive damage to a large part of eastern Japan. A few months later, Google announced that they would be driving their Street View cars around, taking photos of the damage.…
Mississippi Flood Photos from Google Maps Satellite Imagery
Google has put together a whole bunch of data and imagery from the Mississippi floods on Google Maps. On Google’s Lat Long Blog, Pete Giencke of the Google Crisis Response Team writes: Emerging as one of the worst flooding events…
Google Steps In After San Bruno Explosion
Google often steps in when disaster strikes, helping people in Chile, China, Haiti, and Pakistan (among many other places) to date. And now that fire’s claimed several lives and many homes in San Bruno, California, the company’s trying to render assistance again.
BusinessWire Offers Free Haiti-Related Press Release Distribution
Popular press release distribution site BusinessWire, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, is offering its services for free to companies and organizations who are contributing to the aid of victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Such companies can push out free news releases with offers pertaining to supporting services, information, operations, and events directly related to rescue and recovery efforts.
Google Launches Relief Site To Help Haiti
Survivors of the earthquake in Haiti are going to receive help from Google in a big way. On a new Support Disaster Relief site, Google’s released satellite imagery of the destruction to spread awareness, created a list of relevant charities to encourage donations, and promised to contribute $1 million of its own money, as well.