The Role of Mobile in Hurricane Sandy
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This presentation looks at the role mobile technology – devices, apps, social networks, cameras and messaging – played in people’s lives as they prepared for, combated and began to recover from Hurricane Sandy.
The Role of Mobile in Hurricane Sandy
- 1. SOS send ! Mobile's Role in Combating Sandy
- 2. Viewing Sandy Through a Mobile Lens
- 3. Mobile phone illuminates epidural for mother-to-be
- 4. Instacane - curates Instagram images of #Sandy
- 5. NY MTA tweets ?eld workers' Blackberry photos, 1 video tops 400K views
- 6. The only building with power. 5,842 RTs. Credit: Justin King
- 7. For those fortunate to ?nd gas, the wait was 5 hours Credit: Augie Ray
- 8. This iPhone photo of FDR Drive is shared 4,000 times
- 9. Mobile & Crisis Communications
- 10. A dash of humor: 45,000 Foursquare users checked in at "Frankenstorm, NY"
- 11. ! NY's "PLAN" program alerts residents via SMS
- 12. Newark Mayor live tweets during drive through city.
- 13. Mobile Aids Storm Recovery
- 14. First Aid by American Red Cross FEMA SOS send Flashlight Hurricane Mobile apps are the new survival kit
- 15. iTunes accepts donations to Red Cross
- 16. to Donate How 1 Text the following numbers in order to donate money to Nonpro?ts use SMS the Hurricane Sandy relief e?ort to raise money for 2 relief e?orts American American Salvation The Red Direct Relief World Humane Humane Army International Cross Vision Association Association HUMANE Text: HUMANE Text: STORM Text: REDCROSS Text: RELIEF Text: GIVEUSA 80888 To: 80888 To: 80888 To: 90999 To: 27722 To: 777444 $10 To Give: $10 To Give: $10 To Give: $10 To Give: $10 To Give: $10
- 17. Mobile noti?cations ruled when hospitals moved patients
- 18. AT&T and T-Mobile o?er free roaming AT&T T-Mobile in NYC
- 19. #njgas hashtag guides drivers to open gas stations
- 20. When batteries die, people turn to ... pay phones Credit: roeyahram
- 21. Hundreds line up for iPad mini So many people wanted the iPad mini that suppliers are Three days after going to have a very hard time mee meeting Sandy, hundreds of analysts expectations New Yorkers line up for iPad mini
- 23. Power is the new "canned goods"
- 24. 11 year old opens pop-up charging station, accepts donations for Red Cross
- 25. Battery power joins the ranks of food, water, shelter
- 26. This deck highlights the role mobile technology played in preparing for, combating and recovering from Sandy. Kinvey is proud to be part of the mobile community. Kinvey provides cloud backends to mobile app developers Research by: Lauren Pedigo Design by: Jacob McKibben