Potential Deadly Midwest Blizzard 2011 (Chicago/Milwaukee) in next 24 hours
Deborah Shaddon
Activating CrisisCamp Chicago Watch:
We have 24 hours till a 'deadly conditions' snowstorm hits the Midwest. Predicted to start within the next 24 hours (Tuesday PM), Chicago and Milwaukee are predicted to get 18"-24" of snow, which if predictions hold true, would be the biggest snowstorm in 40 years. My Chicago CERT team is 'on standby'.
Of course, this being Chicago, we could get only a foot of snow and have a good laugh over the very minor inconvenience. But preparedness isn't always about playing the odds, so I am activating 'CrisisCamp Chicago' virtually to begin preparation and response activities, similarly in line with what was done on east coast. Wiki started here, add your name to help: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCamp_Chicago_Blizzard_Feb2011_Watch
Expect to look at social media and other informational responses by EM, and ushahidi mapping, iff anybody can put us in contact with folks that did: http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main, or can help connect the groups, that would be awesome. And ultimately, watching this as it unfolds in real time will lead to a better AAR.
Thanks,
Deborah Shaddon
@deborahshaddon
CrisisCamp Chicago City Lead
CrisisCommons Infrastructure Working Group Lead
Patrick Meier (CrisisMappers)
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Deborah Shaddon
Deborah Shaddon
Hi Deborah,
Me and my amigos at PICnet can fire up a Snowmageddon Chicago site in the next few hours. Sound good?
-Ryan
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On 1/31/11 3:30 PM, "Sara Farmer" <sara....@btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi Deborah,
Looks like you need to connect with Ryan et al at Picnet. See "who's behind this" page on the snowmageddon Ushahidi. Anahi et al: I'm not sure if the SBTF is connected to the Chicago effort yet, but if they get large volumes of traffic they might be grateful for some more people who are Ushahidi trained.
Me, I'm about to fly off to California for the week so I won't be able to report from the ground (have linked up with one of the NY shelters already), but I could help a bit with coordination in the CA early mornings/ later evenings if it's needed.
And balls to getting a better AAR: what matters here is whether people mapping are capable of helping other people away from potential harm by providing that mapping information. Is there a shelter system up yet (in case electricity etc go down), are HR ready to go, and has Mel Bass's shelter-finding tool been fired up for the East Coast yet?
Here's to seeing 1' of snow maximum, and to being well prepared for anything bigger if it happens.
Sj.
--- On Mon, 31/1/11, Deborah Shaddon <deborah...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Deborah Shaddon <deborah...@gmail.com>
Subject: [CrisisMappers] Potential Deadly Midwest Blizzard 2011 (Chicago/Milwaukee) in next 24 hours
To: crisis...@googlegroups.com, crisis...@googlegroups.com
Date: Monday, 31 January, 2011, 20:20
Activating CrisisCamp Chicago Watch: We have 24 hours till a 'deadly conditions' snowstorm hits the Midwest. Predicted to start within the next 24 hours (Tuesday PM), Chicago and Milwaukee are predicted to get 18"-24" of snow, which if predictions hold true, would be the biggest snowstorm in 40 years. My Chicago CERT team is 'on standby'. Of course, this being Chicago, we could get only a foot of snow and have a good laugh over the very minor inconvenience. But preparedness isn't always about playing the odds, so I am activating 'CrisisCamp Chicago' virtually to begin preparation and response activities, similarly in line with what was done on east coast. Wiki started here, add your name to help: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCamp_Chicago_Blizzard_Feb2011_Watch <http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCamp_Chicago_Blizzard_Feb2011_Watch> Expect to look at social media and other informational responses by EM, and ushahidi mapping, iff anybody can put us in contact with folks that did: http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main <http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main> , or can help connect the groups, that would be awesome. And ultimately, watching this as it unfolds in real time will lead to a better AAR. Thanks, Deborah Shaddon @deborahshaddon CrisisCamp Chicago City Lead CrisisCommons Infrastructure Working Group Lead
Ryan W. Ozimek
I’ve put in an email to the VP of Digital Media at the Chicago Tribune just now, but can you think of someone else that might be a good connection there?
Cheers,
Ryan
On 1/31/11 4:23 PM, "Deborah Shaddon" <dsha...@comcast.net> wrote:
Awesome!! Would like to also look for any suggestions to align this to some local media if we could, ala "Washington Post" with Snowmageddon DC, if you had a particular methodology.
Deborah Shaddon
Sent from iPhone
On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:02 PM, "Ryan W. Ozimek" <coz...@picnet.net> wrote:
Hi Deborah,
Me and my amigos at PICnet can fire up a Snowmageddon Chicago site in the next few hours. Sound good?
-Ryan
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Empower your organization with a new Web site!
Non-Profit Soapbox
http://www.nonprofitsoapbox.com <http://www.nonprofitsoapbox.com>
Ryan W. Ozimek
PICnet, Inc. - http://www.picnet.net <http://www.picnet.net>
1605 Connecticut Ave, NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
"Empowering the missions of non-profits through technology"
On 1/31/11 3:30 PM, "Sara Farmer" <sara....@btinternet.com <mailto:sara....@btinternet.com> > wrote:
Hi Deborah,
Looks like you need to connect with Ryan et al at Picnet. See "who's behind this" page on the snowmageddon Ushahidi. Anahi et al: I'm not sure if the SBTF is connected to the Chicago effort yet, but if they get large volumes of traffic they might be grateful for some more people who are Ushahidi trained.
Me, I'm about to fly off to California for the week so I won't be able to report from the ground (have linked up with one of the NY shelters already), but I could help a bit with coordination in the CA early mornings/ later evenings if it's needed.
And balls to getting a better AAR: what matters here is whether people mapping are capable of helping other people away from potential harm by providing that mapping information. Is there a shelter system up yet (in case electricity etc go down), are HR ready to go, and has Mel Bass's shelter-finding tool been fired up for the East Coast yet?
Here's to seeing 1' of snow maximum, and to being well prepared for anything bigger if it happens.
Sj.
--- On Mon, 31/1/11, Deborah Shaddon <deborah...@gmail.com <mailto:deborah...@gmail.com> > wrote:
From: Deborah Shaddon <deborah...@gmail.com <mailto:deborah...@gmail.com> >
Subject: [CrisisMappers] Potential Deadly Midwest Blizzard 2011 (Chicago/Milwaukee) in next 24 hours
To: crisis...@googlegroups.com <mailto:crisis...@googlegroups.com> , crisis...@googlegroups.com <mailto:crisis...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Monday, 31 January, 2011, 20:20
Activating CrisisCamp Chicago Watch: We have 24 hours till a 'deadly conditions' snowstorm hits the Midwest. Predicted to start within the next 24 hours (Tuesday PM), Chicago and Milwaukee are predicted to get 18"-24" of snow, which if predictions hold true, would be the biggest snowstorm in 40 years. My Chicago CERT team is 'on standby'. Of course, this being Chicago, we could get only a foot of snow and have a good laugh over the very minor inconvenience. But preparedness isn't always about playing the odds, so I am activating 'CrisisCamp Chicago' virtually to begin preparation and response activities, similarly in line with what was done on east coast. Wiki started here, add your name to help: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCamp_Chicago_Blizzard_Feb2011_Watch <http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCamp_Chicago_Blizzard_Feb2011_Watch> <http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCamp_Chicago_Blizzard_Feb2011_Watch <http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCamp_Chicago_Blizzard_Feb2011_Watch> > Expect to look at social media and other informational responses by EM, and ushahidi mapping, iff anybody can put us in contact with folks that did: http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main <http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main> <http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main <http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main> > , or can help connect the groups, that would be awesome. And ultimately, watching this as it unfolds in real time will lead to a better AAR. Thanks, Deborah Shaddon @deborahshaddon CrisisCamp Chicago City Lead CrisisCommons Infrastructure Working Group Lead
Joe Germuska
> I¹ve put in an email to the VP of Digital Media at the Chicago Tribune just
> now, but can you think of someone else that might be a good connection
> there?
just joined this group and wanted to raise my hand as the point person
for http://ChicagoSnow.crowdmap.com at the Chicago Tribune.
Looking forward to cooperating with everyone.
Joe
CrisisCommons
Wondering if you need a short code for the map so people can text in what they see? Also would be really cool if all the snow crowd maps had similar categories so we can do analysis afterwards if possible.
Heather B.
Germuska, Joseph
> Wondering if you need a short code for the map so people can text in what they see? Also would be really cool if all the snow crowd maps had similar categories so we can do analysis afterwards if possible.
If anyone can advise on how to obtain a short code for this project, we'll gladly wire it in.
And regarding the categories, we lifted them directly from SnowmageddonCleanup, from whom we gladly acknowledge inspiration.
Joe
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Heather Blanchard
Regarding the categories, I think we may be able to come up with a few categories based on lessons learned which can be universal across all snow maps as suggested guidance. We may be able to cross reference these categories with Chicago's EOC/ESF-5. Ideally would be great if the data could be in a format where the first responders will be able to pull from and in categories they can use (as well as the public).
Best,
Heather
dsha...@comcast.net
Just started snowing really hard in Chicago about 10 minutes ago (smile). We are getting ready, and could use the extended CrisisCommons community to help with some crowdsource, wiki updates, research, analysis activities....other areas besides Chicago can also likely use some support, that may not have a dedicated CrisisCamp community. Thanks to everyone that has helped so far: HumanityRoad, CrisisMappers, Mobile Commons, CrisisWiki....
Wanted to provide a quick community-status update on a few things that are in flight and some tasks that the general CrisisCommons community can help on.
1. We are planning an open snow-event community call Tuesday, 5:00PM CT for anyone that wants to provide update of tasks, or wants to observe in order to help out.
2. Since this event is so widespreadh, we've created a general-mutli jurisdictional wiki page, you will find sub-links to Chicago and Toronto. http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/February_2011_Blizzard
3. Main tasks are as follows, please see Chicago page for detail, please add name if you can help:
a. Social Media mining - Research and Assessment. With help from HumanityRoad, we've started to collect social-media twitter/facebook links, and categorized them local/state/national, and active/inactive. List can be created by this extended community. See task page for more detail.
b. Communications mining - Just a general media and other communication sources (not necessarily social media) for disaster preparedness and response.
c. TweakTheTweet - Humanity Road is beginning their move from perparing to responding (or pulling/categorizing of information) using tweakTheTweet. They can use more help gathering/cleansing. Need help from someone to start pulling this together onto CrisisCommons wiki so we have info on how to get engaged, and not detract from waht HumanityRoad is doing.
d. Crowdmap - As you saw, Toronto has crowdmap enabled, as well as OKC. Thanks to Chicago Tribune media guys, we have http://snowchicago.crowdmap.org/. They leveraged all categories in snowmaggedon without UI updates. Working on multiple input channels, ie SMS, Mobile, TweakTheTweet, and Manual. Status/Tasks here: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/MidwestBlizzard2011.CrowdMap
---We will need help with report reviewers and submitters, and data-mapping integration, and some help getting this setup (ie, update wiki, hunt down training, etc.).
e. Mapping Integrations: In general, mapping data categories between 1) tweakthetweet and 2) other crowdmaps, and 3) possible EM systems should be an excercise of this crisis. As such, we should be able to create a master map/cross-reference that will leverage integration work in the future, but also help right now. Anybody want to start gathering the data?
f. Visualization - Presuming data integration map can happen, anybody want to take on meta-map?
g. CrisisWiki - Continue to update important sources of info into CrisisWiki. Event created. This is a general research area, but if done right and timely enough, could become the defacto source of crisis resource info.
Thanks!!
Deborah
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From: "Heather Blanchard" <hea...@crisiscommons.org>
To: crisis...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 1:54:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CrisisCommons] Re: Potential Deadly Midwest Blizzard 2011 (Chicago/Milwaukee) in next 24 hours
Chris Foote (Spike)
Good luck with your snow. I'll (as always) keep my eyes on
http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges and watch the
store.
Spike
dsha...@comcast.net
Thanks Spike, couldn't do it without you!!
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