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Stepping up in the face of disaster-how citizen-based disaster recovery works

October 11, 2012  /   No Comments

From Gerald Baron @ the Crisis Comm Blog

Remember these names: Caitria and Morgan O’Neil, and recovers.org. These two young women living in Massachusetts experienced the unusual tornado that hit their town. It changed their plans and lives. And there is little question that what they learned, are teaching and putting into practice with practical software tools will do much for disaster recovery.

The women were recently featured on TED, a place where great ideas are shared but often of a more philosophical, technical or political nature. The fact that a talk on “community-powered disaster recovery” is found on TED is one indication of how big this topic is becoming.

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