Our First Real Social Media Hurricane

Hurricane Irene is due this weekend, all along the eastern seaboard government agencies are springing into action.

Companies who have Business Continuity Plans will have a real live chance to execute, keep detailed notes, look for areas to improve or correct.  Those who have no plans, can contact us here to find out how to make them.

Now, to social media will it help your company, are you using it?  Will it help communities?  We will likely see thousands of twitters, twit pics, and facebook updates documenting the hurricane.  But will providers be able to keep up?

During the earthquake in DC this past week, cell phones and text messaging would not work at all....now the providers say it was all okay, just some delays....that's not what the people who used the service say.  Are you counting on your cell phone to work?

What happens if during evacuations, looting takes place, will police or military be deployed.....will looters use blackberry and twitter to co-ordinate.....will the government have the service shut down, like happened in San Fransisco with BART protests, like the British Government is considering after their riots?

At last report, Hurricane Irene is weakening to a Cat 2.....maybe it will blow over, or maybe not.

We may get a chance to see the governments response to disasters like this, will it just be to shut down like NY transit is going to do, will it shut down communications?

We will see.