Disasters & Accidents

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reportSep 9, 2005

Reconnecting to the Network After Katrina

In a natural disaster where most lines of communication have been severed, including telephone, cellular phone, cable and fiber optic, how do 100,000’s of displaced people get access to the internet? Community Technology organizations step into th…
reportSep 8, 2005

Two-In-Three Critical Of Bush’s Relief Efforts

Summary of Findings The American public is highly critical of President Bush’s handling of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Two-in-three Americans (67%) believe he could have done more to speed up relief efforts, while just 28% think he did all he could to get them going quickly. At the same time, Bush’s overall job approval rating […]
reportSep 7, 2005

Hurricane Katrina: In the face of disaster and chaos, people use the internet to coordinate relief

n the days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region and knocked out cell phone towers and landline telephone service, citizens, local community organizations, government agencies and news outlets turned to the internet as a communi…
reportMay 11, 2005

Charitable Donating Online

The number of people who make charitable donations online has roughly doubled since 2002, but there’s plenty of room for growth.

Reconnecting to the Network After Katrina