Twitter becomes a playground During Hurricane Irene

ABDULRAHMAN ALAHMADI
Article report

Author: Bilton, Nick
Title of article: Twitter becomes a playground During Hurricane Irene
Publication: The New York Times
Date of article: 8 /28 / 2011

Short summary:
The twitter, social network website, was a field for exchange and sharing information about hurricane Irene, which hit the east coast of USA last weekend. The people twitted from their homes and bedrooms during the hurricane because they did not have an electricity in their homes.

Issues that can you find:
- How we can use social network in a useful way in our life?
- Are there any advantages to using Twitter?
- Is it possible that people can communicate too quickly?

My opinion:
I think the way of communicating during a disaster through social network websites is a phenomenal idea. The usual way to reach to people through an electricity for example TVs but during disaster time we cannot because the electricity is exposed to disconnected, instead of that we will use the internet.