It seems Twitter is the fastest way to get news into or out of a disaster area. This has been proven many times, most recently during the earthquake disaster in Chile.
People Tweeted during the catastrophe and immediately after. They related news about the effects of the earthquake, missing persons and now relief efforts.
@Celeb_Line Former American Idol Contestant Elliott Yamin Terrified By Chilean Earthquake - Post Chronicle: New York Daily New... http://bit.ly/ddtOq9
@Surfers_Path This came in from Lewis Samuels re the CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE APPEAL: "I wanted to let you know about the relief effort... http://fb.me/6mUH9Fo
@the_rojas @brett currently playing a very important role in the recent chilean earthquake and finding out if people's families are ok: unprecedented
@lukewhitehead RT Chilean soldiers try to restore order in the city of Concepcion, amid looting after Saturday's devastating earthquake. (via @bbc24)
@globaldata RT @timoreilly: Amazing map showing how the Chilean earthquake's energy is expected to spread through the ocean http://bit.ly/cPFj7D
@AllNewsSources AlertNet: Oxfam sends staff to respond to Chilean Earthquake http://bit.ly/bbyuZE
@TVOnPCSoftware Please help Chilean earthquake victims, God will give you more! http://bit.ly/HelpChile
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