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Yes, much better. All it takes is someone and their phone. Take for instance the recent tornado we had off the Oregon coast. I had video/pictures/reports showi
by vvanders 10y ago
Yes, much better. All it takes is someone and their phone.
Take for instance the recent tornado we had off the Oregon coast. I had video/pictures/reports showing up even ahead of the local NOAA site or google news.
- athenot 10y agoSevere weather (tornadoes) is also the most important benefit I get from Twitter. Generally speaking, it's great for aggregating witness accounts of a real-time event that's going on.
- wingerlang 10y agoSimilar, there was a fire around my office a week ago and within minutes there were an image on twitter. Within 30 minutes multiple ones from various angles. Granted, it was the first time I ever went to Twitter for something like this, but I knew that it was /the/ place for the most up to date information. And I try to avoid Twitter as much as possible, too annoying to read in there.