It's not that everyone is an angel in the aftermath of a disaster—but research & experience is clear: overwhelming numbers rise to occasion.
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These "500 year floods" have been happening a little too often. Especially as climate changes, induction as prediction will not work well.pic.twitter.com/4ocEj3PmkZ
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Patricia 🦔
Also, this happened. Yes, the Katrina Superdome mostly had enormous and effective solidarity—and Mexico sent help.https://twitter.com/Patricia_DSC/status/901201822882209793 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Another Bike Commuter
Yes. People rise to the occasion, but civilization requires infrastructure to sustain. Long, slow & carefully built.https://twitter.com/schnufflerowner/status/901840944525438976 …
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The Chinese have gotten surprisingly better at very realistic hoaxes? https://twitter.com/MythosPythos/status/901841072497807360 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Galveston County TX
Wishing everyone safety. If you talk to anyone in danger of rising water: go to the roof, not the attic. Call 911.https://twitter.com/GalvCoTX/status/901797092028321792 …
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No! I... I can't even wrap my mind around this at the moment. It would keep the rain going. Huge, historic crisis. https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/901834386722652160 …
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If you have loved ones threatened by Harvey: Text, don't call. Cellular services get overloaded in disasters. Leave voice bandwidth for 911.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Taylor Trogdon
14 feet above the record. 14 FEET ABOVE THE HISTORIC RECORD. We are off-the-charts in the worst possible way. :-(https://twitter.com/TTrogdon/status/901824532440342534 …
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FYI, this high forecast was revised down at 9:38am to 65 feet and peaking soon, with last measurement of 67 feet at 10:30am
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I hope it stays as low as possible, but that would still be way above the historic record.
The range of possibilities is truly scary.
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