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Gustav Information Sources

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There is a great selection of new media information channels already to go even before Gustav has touched down in the U.S. These include:

A Gustav Information Center on the social networking site Ning:

A government Gustav Twitter feed

A Gustav Wiki with centralized information:

And a whole slew of live video feeds and news broadcasts on LiveNewsCameras.com

Please help spread the word to those who can benefit from the resources now in place, many put together by volunteers.

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Vancouver-based NowPublic have created an index page pulling together citizen coverage of Gustav, which also scans Twitter for tweets on the storm:
http://www.nowpublic.com/tags/Gustav

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