Outside the Beltway

Earthquakes and the Internet

When an earthquake hits, people flood the internet with posts about it--some within 20 or 30 seconds.

James Joyner · Tuesday, August 23, 2011 · 1 comment

This is so true:

In my case, I confirmed that it was indeed an earthquake with others in my office, then blogged about it, and only then tweeted. But I had posts up within four or five minutes, certainly.

FILED UNDER: Humor, Natural Disasters, earthquake

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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

Doug Mataconis says:

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 at 16:24

For what its worth, I found it easier to communicate via the internet then via phone. Only have my cell phone with me and calling and text messaging was basically impossible. Oddly, my Dad in NJ got through to me even though I couldn’t get through to him.