The most devastating disaster would likely be a large magnitude earthquake. The initial use of Ushahidi would be to respond to emergency situations. People would post blogs to facebook, twitter, either by SMS text messaging, or MMS video posting or traditional on-line information sharing. As in Haiti, the government and other rescue operators such as the red cross would access Ushahidi and use it as a source to get first responders in to lifesaving operations.
Another use of Ushahidi is to provide friends and family members with a tool to locate loved ones, and/or post messages about status updates.
Beyond these initial uses, Ushahidi could be used to share information about emergency shelters and supplies. Information could be disseminated about the extent of the devastation with updates on further developments and instructions.
Ushahidi is a near real-time crisis mapping tool, and information sharing website.
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