As a deaf person, I found Twitter to help me in Pennsylvania during our floods here several months ago. My community tweeted which roads were open, which ones were flooding, and because of Twitter, my husband was able to come in from the Pennsylvania captitol city of Harrisburg just in time before the secondary roads closed.
Twitter was also helpful in the Queensland, Australia area. Though the floods happened a year ago this month, the research is now rolling in about the vital role Twitter played through their disaster. See the research here, posted by Kim Stephens: http://idisaster.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/new-report-on-twitter-use-in-queensland-floods/
Raised on the Southern Oregon Coast, now retired on the Southern Oregon Coast. I was a hard of hearing child who grew up to be a deafened adult. I share and write about deafness, hearing loss and other things I find interesting. I am a 50 something year old woman who could be anyone's mother, grandmother or friend. I've traveled the U.S., and I've lived in Europe. I'm currently residing near the beach with Fabulous Husband and 11 year old son. ~ Joyce Edmiston
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