Last week someone put out a fake story that Irma was headed straight
for Texas when the weather professionals themselves were saying it was
impossible to predict its path so far out. Even now, its still up in the
air as to where it will go.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the
mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: [email protected]
On 9/4/2017 9:03 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
Yeah. You just need to be discerning. Sadly, there's always going to be
garbage out there and we need to learn how to weed through the fake news and
other such trolling behaviour and look for the valid stuff. It's not just
social media that puts out invalid stories, just watch the History Channel.
Lots of their material is awesome, but they also show made-up material as well,
and the puny little disclaimer is often difficult to notice by sighted folks
let alone people like us.
Oh well, I digress.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:51, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote:
Tim,
This is what is swinging me around to use the apps. You would probably agree
the benefits outweigh the garbage. I have friends in Texas who felt the power
of Harvey but were far enough away to be safe.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the
mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: [email protected]
On 9/4/2017 8:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an emergency
situation. Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to the wildfire, a
notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something to the nature of "Let
your friends and family know your safe". We were able to let all our FaceBook
contacts know that we had made it out safely and were OK. This was a huge relief for
many of our friends and family as they followed the scary news of the event. Now, this
certainly isn't foolproof as one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method
by which you can connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of
any service. But it is very useful in my opinion. This, along with follow-up groups etc
gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like FaceBook during emergency
events. Granted, there's a ton of garbage on FaceBook and other social media platforms,
but this feature certainly was positive.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <[email protected]> wrote:
I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter
for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when
it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most
part. I might log in every now and then.
On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote:
I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror
and then snort it through my straw.
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM
To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness
I don’t find it addicting but that’s me. I think the closest I get is I do
like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a
passive user of social media. I get news aggregated on twitter and so
forth.
On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to
this. (smiles)
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world,
all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: [email protected]
On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with
your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news
and staying informed. You could follow the news sites or aggregators you
want and quickly get the latest.
Hope that helps.
On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote:
I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times
of emergency, I may relent.
Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful,
Facebook or Twitter? I would only use an iDevice for this.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the
world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your
mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: [email protected]
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