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How Hurricane Katrina victims used Google Maps and Earth to monitor damage from afar

The team from Endless Thread remembers back to the Hurricane Katrina disaster and talks with folks who used Google Maps and Google Earth to monitor their homes and neighborhoods, to check on damage from afar.

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Amory Sivertson
Ben Brock Johnson
Emily Jankowski

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