Re: Volcano tourist seeks tweeting science centers (BG)

[Belba Grubb]

Decided to cheat and check out who the UWI is following for some
clues; since it brought up several earthquake tweets, I'm cross-
posting this one. There are several individuals, but also:

http://twitter.com/USGSPodcasts

http://twitter.com/USGSNews

http://twitter.com/USGS_EQ_25
(Link isn't self-explainatory, so per their home page: "A Twitter feed
of the USGS Earthquake Notification Service for any earthquake over
M2.5")

http://twitter.com/sensingrplanet
("Feature stories highlighting multidisciplinary research that uses
Earth-observing data from NASA Earth science data centers.")

http://twitter.com/geosociety
("The Geological Society of America (GSA) unites earth scientists and
facilitates the sharing of scientific findings about our planet and
universe.")

http://twitter.com/trinimusicradio
(Just checking to make sure you're awake!)

http://twitter.com/sciencestage
("ScienceStage.com - The global hub of research" -- all branches of
science, but they do mention the Shiveluch eruption.)

http://twitter.com/theAGU

http://twitter.com/eosupdates
(Earth Observatory of Singapore: "Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic
eruptions, sea-level rise, tropical storms, changes in patterns of
precipitation and temperature and other natural hazards.")

http://twitter.com/seismicevents
(There's no mention of source and I can't get the links to load, so
don't know if it's a repeat of the USGS feed.)

http://twitter.com/EQTW
(USGS: Earthquake and Tsunami warning info)

http://twitter.com/earthquake
(USGS: World earthquakes)

http://twitter.com/QuakeInfo
(USGS: Magnitude 2.5+ quakes)

http://twitter.com/WheresItShaking
(USGS: "Up to date listing of global earthquakes as they happen" from
NEIC.)

http://twitter.com/VolcanoIsland
(Montserrat Tourism; I like their motto: "the Caribbean island with an
active volcano")

Not to be outdone...

http://twitter.com/Nature_Island
(Discover Dominica: "Explore Dominica-steaming valleys, world's 2nd
largest Boiling Lake, lush vegetation, 365 rivers and more")

http://twitter.com/alaska_avo (Them, I'm following already.)

http://twitter.com/USGS
["(Official USGS account) Science for a changing world. For the latest
news from USGS follow @USGSNews."]

http://twitter.com/femainfocus
("the Federal Emergency Management Agency protects the Nation from all
hazards by supporting preparedness, protection, response, recovery,
and mitigation.")

Well, it's a start; one could probably find a lot more by exploring
who all those folk above are following. There seem to be very few
volcano centers, unfortunately. UWI is also following some useful
media and government tweets, too.

Barb
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"Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer.
Art is everything else we do."
-- Donald Knuth

"Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction
in which disorder increases."
-- Stephen Hawking

Both quotes from http://quotes.prolix.nu/Science/

[Belba Grubb]

Excellent news!! The Volcanism Blog joined Twitter!

http://twitter.com/volcanismblog

Barb
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"Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the
only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor."
~Werner von Braun

"If Galileo had his way
I'm sure he'd dance upon the stars
What a wondrous sense of destiny
to be the first to set foot on Mars...
....we're on our way...."
~ From "Water on the Moon," by John Marmie, deputy project manager
for the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), and
his friend Jeff Petro at (among other places) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1SudfYMXx8