Further+Reading

Information Resources and Recent Tornadoes
Compiled by Elizabeth Norton, MLS, MPH, MBA Disaster Information Management Research Center, Librarian


 * 1) [|What happened inside the hospital during the Joplin, MO tornado]
 * 2) //American Libraries//magazine reports on public libraries impacted by the tornadoes
 * @http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/06082011/massachusetts-mayor-keep-library-open-help-tornado-ravaged-residents-regroup
 * @http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/inside-scoop/joplin-public-library-safe-amid-post-tornado-chaos
 * @http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/inside-scoop/joplin-relief-funds-established
 * @http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/05042011/tornados-rip-apart-several-libraries-south
 * @http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/inside-scoop/ala-and-library-relief-funds
 * 1) Report about damage in Monson, MA
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 * (Example of libraries stepping up to the plate) []
 * 1) Social media and tornadoes
 * @http://idisaster.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/joplin-tornado-demonstrates-social-medias-5-key-roles-in-disaster-response-and-recovery/
 * 1) FEMA's new policy on libraries as essential services in areas impacted by a disaster
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 * 1) Pathfinder: A Guide to the Literature from FEMA's National Training Center Learning Resource Center
 * @http://www.lrc.fema.gov/path_tornado.html
 * 1) CDC Hurricane Health and Safety Tips widget
 * @http://www.cdc.gov/widgets/
 * 1) App for Emergency Care from American Red Cross - The S.O.S. by the American Red Cross is a free app that provides emergency care instructions and an expansive resources guide for emergency care information in order to help save lives. The app is available only for Android mobile devices.
 * @http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.94aae335470e233f6cf911df43181aa0/?vgnextoid=9a40197e58740310VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD
 * 1) American Public Health Association's Get Ready Campaign - New Fact Sheets on Preparedness, including fact sheets on preparing for tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, mosquitoes, and home disasters, as well as information on safe buildings and sheltering places (Also available in Spanish)
 * @http://www.getreadyforflu.org/new_pg_facts.htm
 * 1) Facebook Assembles Group Plan for Disasters - Discussion by Facebook and government emergency management agencies to find ways in which Facebook may be used during and after emergencies.
 * @http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/06/08/facebook.disaster.relief/