Recently, I have been fascinated by this Super-storm Sandy. The fact of a cold front mixing with this tropical storm/ hurricane and producing feet of snow, I thought was very interesting. I was recently looking at articles discussing this storm when I came across this article.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411491,00.asp
Inside the article there is another link, to an interactive map on google.
http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy
On this map you are able to check multiple things. This would be especially helpful for the people experiencing the brunt of this storm up the east coast. You are able to check hurricane evacuation routes, current conditions in specific locations, checkout videos of the storm, find emergency shelters, see where the power is out, etc. All from one site. This website is awesome because it allows people that are being affected and not being affected, interact and look at what this storm is doing in that area. I found it to be pretty fascinating. Also, in this link, there are websites getting extra attention from this. For example, when you click on the link, you are able to check other information and maps on other websites such as ready.gov and theweatherchannel.com. It made me wonder if these websites just put the information there so people would click on their websites and get their websites more attention.Then, once you click on the websites such as twc, there are plenty more advertisements and other websites to click on. It seems to me like this Super-storm Sandy is a big way for websites and companies to get their names out there by offering information regarding the storm. It's almost as if this storm is an advertising propaganda.
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