The victims of the Oklahoma Tornado are in our minds and hearts. Watching Twitter and the online world come together with words of sympathy and ways to send donations to help Oklahoma, has been inspiring and heart-warming.
With this recent natural disaster, and many more looming ahead of us around the world, I thought the below infographic was quite timely and interesting.
It takes a look at how individuals harness social media in each type of natural disaster: storms, extreme temperatures, floods, epidemics and earthquakes. It’s certainly not surprising that social media has become the new face of disaster response. Take a look:
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