An American Diaspora Mapped

E-Podunk uses 40,000 Internet postings by Katrina survivors to create a compelling map showing the exodus of Gulf Coast refugees across the United States.

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September 19, 2005, 5:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"To map the mass exodus from the Gulf Coast, ePodunk analyzed more than 40,000 messages posted on the Internet by survivors of the storm.

E-Podunk looked at Web "safe lists," including those maintained by CNN, craig's list and MSNBC, and recorded data from every message in which the poster included his hometown and a city and state where he had found refuge

An advantage of compiling data this way, rather than through official reports from agencies such as FEMA, is that these reports include not only people who were in shelters, but also those who were able to leave on their own, before and after the hurricane."

Thanks to Laurie Bennett

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