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Social Media and Hurricane Harvey Jeff Lindner Meteorologist Harris County Flood Control District Harvey: The Numbers Regional JIC activated Aug. 22-Sept. 15 42 JIC Staff; 11 HCSO Deputies 698 Media Inquiries 650 Media Interviews


  1. Social Media and Hurricane Harvey Jeff Lindner Meteorologist Harris County Flood Control District

  2. Harvey: The Numbers Regional JIC activated Aug. 22-Sept. 15 • 42 JIC Staff; 11 HCSO Deputies • 698 Media Inquiries • 650 Media Interviews • 259 News Releases • 25 News Conferences • 45 Harris County Alerts • 2,418 Social Media Posts • 802 Twitter posts (@jefflindner1) • 9 Nextdoor Posts

  3. The Regional Joint Information Center

  4. Social Media and Disasters • Account Control: Who can draft messages Who authorizes messages Who posts messages (agency vs. individual) • Rumor Control • Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/Nextdoor • Traditional Media • Text Messages (family, friends, media)

  5. Harvey Threatens

  6. Rumors

  7. The Forecast

  8. Retweets: Trusted Partners

  9. Emergency Situations: Get to the Point

  10. RSS Feeds • NWS Warnings • Automated processes (gages) • Devices with threshold alarms • Dlvrit

  11. Inverness Forest Levee Event Date HWM Harvey 92.1 Allison (01) 86.9 4/18/16 86.9 11/14/98 85.4 10/49 89.8

  12. Inverness Forest Levee

  13. Inverness Forest Evacuation

  14. Inverness Forest Levee Tweet

  15. Answering Public Questions

  16. Misinformation and Rumors

  17. Twitter: DM’s • Can become overwhelming • Which are important • Timely response

  18. HCFCD Actions (Media) Over 275 Interviews Local, national, world media 3 Daily Press Briefings (HCFCD/COE)

  19. Critical Information Grab attention Images Capitalize words

  20. Lessons Learned • Media/social media engagement critical • Social media is powerful…but requires staffing • Social media is always ON • Most people still watch local TV media coverage • Still have to complete the same jobs as we did before social media

  21. Lessons Learned • Words Matter • Read before you post • Not everyone is going to be pleased all the time • Limit discussion in emergency situations • Answer those questions that apply to the most people

  22. Jeff Lindner 713-684-4165 jeff.lindner@hcfcd.org @jefflindner1

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