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Published online 15 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070212-12
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Blogs to the rescue!
Proposal calls for web community to help professionals in disaster relief.
The US government should use the power of the Internet to engage citizens directly in relief operations, say two computer scientists. Use of wikis, blogs and other 'community' tools could help to coordinate responses to natural or man-made emergencies.
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