OT: good use of technology for disaster relief Harvey

[weisan]

A good article on how a few technically savvy and civic minded individuals put together something to help with the relief efforts.

https://medium.com/@SunlightFoundation/houston-is-showing-us-why-open-data-should-be-part-of-every-citys-disaster-and-recovery-plan-c070362dc477

http://www.texasrescuemap.com/

http://sketchcity.org/

[93legendti]

Very cool

[joosttx]

Uber should stepped up and modified their app so rescuers and rescuees could find each other. That would of helped a lot of people.