Queensland 2013 Floods – Social Media Pages
The 2013 floods in Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gympie has seen Social Media be an essential tool in keeping people updated and also coordinating rescue and recovery efforts.
Below is a list of pages providing Queensland Floods information and assisting coordinate the recovery effort. The list contains both government run pages and community pages. Please comment below with ones I have missed.
All areas
QLD Mud Army www.facebook.com/QLDMudArmy
Baked Relief (Providing food to people involved in the floods & clean up) www.facebook.com/bakedrelief
Emergency Volunteering & Volunteering Qld www.facebook.com/EmergencyVolunteering
Australian Red Cross www.facebook.com/AustralianRedCross
Queensland Health www.facebook.com/QLDHealth
RACQ CareFlight Rescue (Photos and updates of the great work they are doing) www.facebook.com/RACQCareFlight
Queensland Police Service www.facebook.com/QueenslandPolice
State Emergency Service Queensland www.facebook.com/QldSES
St John Ambulance (Qld) www.facebook.com/stjohnambulanceqld
SEQ Flood Update www.facebook.com/pages/SEQ-Flood-Update/191689447509987
CQ Flood Update – from Mackay to Bundaberg, Created for people to post realtime updates and pictures of flood events. www.facebook.com/pages/CQ-Flood-Update/145906185464161 and www.facebook.com/pages/CQ-Flood-Update-version-2/141812715875433
9 News www.facebook.com/9News
Ergon Energy www.facebook.com/ErgonEnergy
Telstra www.facebook.com/Telstra
QLDAlert – Real-time official emergency information http://qldalert.com/
Wide Bay
Bundaberg region Disaster Management www.facebook.com/BundabergRegionDisasterManagement
Bundaberg Regional Council www.facebook.com/BundabergRegionalCouncil
Hitz 939 Bundaberg www.facebook.com/hitz939
NewsMail www.facebook.com/BundabergNewsMail
ABC Wide Bay www.facebook.com/ABCwidebay
Bundaberg & District Chamber of Commerce (Assisting coordinate the business community and its recovery) www.facebook.com/BundabergChamber
Business Bundaberg (Business Recovery, Rebuilding Your Business After Natural Disasters) www.facebook.com/businessbundaberg
Afloat – an arts led recovery project www.facebook.com/AfloatBundabergRegion
Bundaberg Floods www.facebook.com/pages/Bundaberg-Floods/184726698220292
Wide Bay Floods & Tornados 2013 www.facebook.com/WideBayFloodsTornados2013
Cassandra Kirk Photography www.facebook.com/pages/Cassandra-Kirk-Photography/197205050593
Fraser Coast
Fraser Coast Disaster Coordination Centre www.facebook.com/FCRCdisaster
Fraser Coast Regional Council www.facebook.com/FraserCoastCouncil
Sea Fm www.facebook.com/pages/Sea-Fm-Morning-Crew-with-Kim-Mak/140220209411174
Fraser Coast Chronicle www.facebook.com/frasercoastchronicle
Hervey bay and Surrounding area Floods 2012 www.facebook.com/pages/Hervey-bay-and-Surrounding-area-Floods-2012/263876823677571
Central Queensland
Gladstone Region Local Disaster Management Group www.facebook.com/GladstoneRC.Disaster.Management
Rockhampton Region Disaster Management www.facebook.com/RRCDisaster
Rockhampton Regional Council www.facebook.com/RockhamptonRegionalCouncil
ABC Capricornia www.facebook.com/ABCCapricornia
The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) www.facebook.com/themorningbulletin
More twitter feeds
Australian Red Cross https://twitter.com/RedCrossAU
Baked Relief https://twitter.com/BakedRelief
Queensland Police Service http://twitter.com/QPSmedia
ABC Wide Bay http://twitter.com/abcwidebay
Queensland SES http://twitter.com/QldSES
Queensland Health http://twitter.com/qldhealthnews
Fraser Coast Regional Council http://twitter.com/FraserCoastRC
@QldAmbulance
@EmergencyVol
CareFlight Group Qld @CareFlightQLD
Please comment below with any I have missed