In conjunction with two blogs I’ve just set up – NewYork.PopularLogistics.com and EmergencyInformation.us – links to excellent articles and resources about blogs as communications tools during disasters:

“Blogging: reaching a global audience easily and affordably – from anywhere

,” by Teresa Crawford on Humaninet. Humaninet seems to have been an early adapter in using blogs as information toools by NGOs during disasters with this blog – humaninet.blogspot.com. Via Beth Kanter. 

Dennis D. McDonald‘s very thoughtful “What I’m learning about applying Social Media to Disaster Response” is a must-read. Also “Potential Applications of Social Media and Social Networking in Local Disaster Response.”

Susan Kitchens at 2020Hindsight

has a useful account of field experimentation with emergency communications using blogging and ham operators: “Disaster Preparation: A Blogger’s Field Day

.” One could profitably read all of her posts on disaster preparation – but that would mean missingher excellent posts on a wide range of matters which would be off-topic in this discussion.