National Hurricane Preparedness Week begins May 24 and continues through May 30, but Mississippi has been preparing well ahead of the official start of hurricane season, June 1st.
With hurricane season only 17 days away, Mississippi Department of Transportation officials decided they will use the micro-blogging platform Twitter to relay information to evacuees during the upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season.
The twitter posts will be sent or received on either a computer or cell phone. The department's tweets will provide short, concise updates on the best evacuation routes.
Because Twitter's popularity is growing rapidly, with millions of users, the staff felt that this would be an effective way to convey important travel information, in addition to all of the other media resources, in case evacuations are necessary along the coast.
1. Sign up on twitter.com
2. Cell phone activation: click device updates to the (on position)
3. Select your interstate of choice to follow
Mississippi Department of Transportation (Interstate Twitter Feeds):
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