Hurricane Gustav on the Web: A Reference Guide for Our Readers
On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we watch as Hurricane Gustav once again batters the Gulf Shore. Today, many of us are glued to both the TV and the web to keep track of the ongoing coverage of the storm. Beyond just traditional media outlets, there are also a number of other resources on the social web that you can use to keep up-to-date with Gustav news. Social networks, blogs, live news video, and, of course, Twitter, are all being used for up-the-minute coverage. In fact, Twitter even had a breakthrough moment on CNN as reporter Rick Sanchez referred to it on air and used it to gather news.
Here on RWW, we've pulled together a huge list of Hurricane Gustav links for your reference. Below you'll find links to weather sites, mobile web sites, links to various news and governmental sites, links to social web sites, and links to those using Twitter to report the storm.
Weather Web Sites
- BehindtheWeather.com - a huge collection of links put together by Charlie Anzman of SEO and Tech Daily
- Accuweather.com
- Wunderground - Weather Underground
- Stormpulse.com
- MSNBC site for Gustav
- National Weather Service page (NOAA)
Mobile
- Mobile Resource Guide which links to an iPhone version, a mobile version, and a Gustav Widget for your blog
- National Hurricane Center Mobile Website
Other Links
- LiveNewsCameras.com - a lot of Live News broadcasts
- Maroonspoon.com/wx/gustav.html - Several media players showing coverage from four Louisiana news stations
- http://www.dotd.la.gov/press/traffic_cameras/no_cameras.asp - Louisiana DOT Webcams
- http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Breaking+News/Tropical+Storm+Gustav - UK based NewsNow with over 30,000 global sources. Page auto-refreshes every five minutes.
- Texas's Division of Emergency Mgmt links
- FEMA: Hurricane Gustav
- NOAAWatch Hurricane Gustav
- Red Cross Online Newsroom for Gustav
- Earthcam's New Orleans cam
- MSNBC Hurricane Tracker
- Gustav Pets (animal rescue resources)
- Tracking Hurricane Gustav in Google Earth
- The Hurricane Watch Net (amateur radio)
- HAMweather Hurricane Gustav Track/Projected Path
Social Web
- FriendFeed Hurricane Room - http://friendfeed.com/rooms/hurricane
- With Sweetcron, Sean Percival quickly deployed the Hurricane Gustav aggregator. It pulls in data via Twitter, Google, Flickr, YouTube and a few others.
- Mahalo has a Gustav page
- Gustav Information Center (GIC) - Ning social network for Gustav coverage
- Wikipedia page for Hurricane Gustav
- A gustavwiki page
- IRC channel - #interdictor to coordinate volunteer efforts
- A blogger using Utterz to share news
- Two gadgets for iGoogle
- USA Today Weather Guys who blog and post their tweets on their site
- Hurricane Gustav Digital Support Brigade (Facebook)
- New Orleans Metblogs
- Voices of Gustav (displaced evacuees) - WordPress blogs
- Hurricane Gustav on NowPublic
- Socialmedian's page
- Boing Boing Gustav Online Resources
- NewsCred topic page
- Ustream.tv - Hurricane Gustav From Luling, Gustav from Slidell, Crosby Tubs Gustav
- CNN reporter named Rick Sanchez has been making heavy use of Twitter, even asking on air for Twitter users to send him information from the hurricane zone. His reporting is extremely good and the Twitter convos have even made an appearance on the Twitter homepage
- Tweets from NOLA.com - the New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Tweets from the Red Cross
- Tweets from Lafayette, LA
- Chicago Tribune reporters - http://twitter.com/GustavReporter
- USA Today Weather Guys' tweets
- Twitter stream from the Beaumont (TX) Enterprise-Journal
- Millsaps College in Jackson MS is in the path of the storm
- A government Gustav Twitter feed
- Ernie the Attorney's tweets from New Orleans
- Mark Mayhew, in New Orleans
- Twitter-based info via search results for hurricane + gustav
- Twitter-based info via search results for just gustav
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Hi Sarah - just wanted to let you know that NewsCred had a dedicated Hurricane Gustav page with news articles, pictures, Twitter buzz and more. Perhaps you can add to your links? http://www.newscred.com/hurricane-gustav
Cheers,
Shafqat
also reporting via twitter as well as flickr pics (gospelportal)
Hubdub has a number of markets tracking the storm as well: http://www.hubdub.com/tag/hurricane_gustav
Thanks for the Twitter tip.
Don't forget http://gustavbloggers.com/ -- They also blogged from downtown New Orleans during Katrina.
There's also Tropical Storm Risk at http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/. Right now they're showing tracking for Gustav, Hanna and the yet-to-be-named AL09.
Thank you very much for this information.
There's also http://gustavtracker.appspot.com which has information to give to evacuees who only have access to cell phones. They can SMS a message that they need help or that they've found safety, and it will be posted to this site.
Don't forget WeatherBug.com's hurricane tracker at www.weatherbug.com and its live data and camera images from 1,500 weather stations along the Gulf Coast. CNN is using our data on air through our media partner WWL.TV in Louisianna to report on wind gusts, rain, etc.
Thanks Sarah,
Our Twitter account (www.twitter.com/hurricanealerts - or @hurricanealerts) posts regular National Hurricane Center Updates with a link to an excellent interactive map, along with a limited amount of news stories related to the current hurricane(s).
Our goal is to keep our followers informed without bombarding them with "conversational static" every 30 seconds. There are plenty of Twitter accounts that citizens can follow for a blow by blow account - we've made the decision that sometimes less is more.
www.twitter.com/hurricanealerts
Wunderground is great, a lil weather geeky but a lot of fun at times. One of it's coolest features is webcams... I'm going to see if any of the ones in LA are still online.
Sarah - Actually a friend just told me about this piece. (I know, I should read RWW every day :) GREAT list. With two more tropical systems out there, if we can continue this in the way it used to be done, potentially we can all help a lot of people. The LA DOT webcams make it look like a ghost town .... Amazing. Keep up the great stuff! Charlie
Great list of hurricane resources. My brother lives in Louisiana, and these will come in handy. I tweeted/twittered it at http://twitter.com/CathyWebSavvyPR.
thanks again!
Cathy