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How You Can Help Hurricane Ida Relief Efforts

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Late at night on Sunday August 29th, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, Louisiana. All of New Orleans is without power and an estimated one million people across Louisiana and Missouri are without power. No matter how devastating a storm is, there are always people waiting to help.

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

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I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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Looking for Staten Island Sandy Relief Recommendations

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. • The Wall Street Journal reported on November 2nd that a Relief Fund was created for Staten Island and New Jersey through the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. SILive.com has a link on its home page for people to donate to the Project Hospitality Staten Island Hurricane Relief Fund.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. Two weeks after Sandy hit, 300,000 people in New York and New Jersey were still without power.

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Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Above all, don’t reach out to people who have been directly impacted by the disaster, or it will come across as tone deaf. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Be specific. Want to know more?