Earthquakes and the Internet

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Earthquakes and the Internet

When an earthquake hits, people flood the internet with posts about it–some within 20 or 30 seconds.

James Joyner

August 23, 2011

Comments

This is so true:

In my case, I confirmed that it was indeed an earthquake with others in my office, then blogged about it, and only then tweeted. But I had posts up within four or five minutes, certainly.

One response to “Earthquakes and the Internet”

Doug Mataconis

August 23, 2011 at 4:24 pm

For what its worth, I found it easier to communicate via the internet then via phone. Only have my cell phone with me and calling and text messaging was basically impossible. Oddly, my Dad in NJ got through to me even though I couldn’t get through to him.