tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post4387801292816304716..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: #tech, communities, #sandyLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-1103878813803355672012-11-05T06:49:45.057-08:002012-11-05T06:49:45.057-08:00Thank you for this summary, Lucy. Looking around h...Thank you for this summary, Lucy. Looking around here in New York, with trees down right in front of me and the cameras about to go away (as in any disaster) I think the work, perhaps, gets even more difficult as many people will remain in need without the broad awareness on how to help and be helped. Power has been restored to many parts, but I just left a shelter where the urgency has not diminished for the families who need supplies and a place to stay.<br /><br />The list also makes me think of the necessary links between analog and tech as many people lack electricity or mobile access in times like these and can't communicate needs or find resources.<br /><br />The ideal solution is back to an infrastructural one for data, especially in "first world disaster recovery": ensuring ahead of time that we have plans and mechanisms in place to move data and information quickly to the people who need it and the people who can help. <br /><br />The electronic infrastructure we already have (mobile phones, networks, etc. that enable twitter and the others to move resources) can probably be made even more effective with greater analog integration. Printer paper was noted as one of the biggest needs at help centers. Posting flyers, for example, of key screens from the interactive maps of Red Cross shelters, open gas stations, and pharmacies is a simple solution.<br /><br />Thanks, again. Very helpful.<br /><br />Eric J. Henderson<br />Markets For Good<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com