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jedimom.net — When earthquakes wake up the Midwest where can you go for the quickest information? Twitter.

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Comments (5)

  1. Ok, I guess I am the only one in St. Louis who slept RIGHT through it.

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  2. Earthquake, breaking news. I get it.:)

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  3. I don't know...something tells me that if I were in the throws of a natural disaster, my twitter messages would require much more that 140 characters and/or an inappropriate amount of obscenities. That is assuming I go to my computer first instead of, oh, you know FINDING HELP

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  4. @MattoMcFly I think in a natural disaster you'd have to twitter from your cell phone

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  5. @JustAboutRealJAR true enough I just see 'sending a twitter message' a low priority in times of emergency. I mean, people were doing ok pre 2007 weren't they? I guess I have 'instant message' fatigue. I blame facebook.

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