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08.31.2008 8:12 pm
Hurricane Gustav: Where people are talking (and trying to help)
Kurt Greenbaum
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The buzz today is about Gustav, ready to make landfall in the Gulf coast almost three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina.

Have you got a message for the people being threatened? Post your thoughts below.

Meanwhile, they’re talking about it all over the place. Look for resources on Facebook (see below).

They’re buzzing around St. Louis on Twitter. They’re buzzing in the blogs. Here’s a saved search on Flickr.

There’s a number of Facebook groups and wikis that have been set up for support and information.

The Hurricane Gustav Online Digital Support Group.

People are tagging their tweets on Twitter with #gustav.

Gustav Information Center, a social network on Ning.

A wiki with links to tons of resources, including traffic, donation organizations, shelters, ham radio resources and a lot more.

Here’s the Gustav Wiki page with links to aid agencies — although it is not well filled out yet. Feel free to add to it, of course, if you’re in the know.

Wikipedia has a page well under way about Gustav.


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