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relying more and more on social networking sites. facebook and twitter and my space the. changing the way we respond to these kinds of disasters. laura ingle is live in our new york city news room and has been watching that for us. hi. it is the fastest way that people on the scene of a disaster can get images and messages out to their family and friends in one single post, which is why so many depend on sites like twitter and facebook. the hawaii tweets and messages are about where people are watching the action, everyone wants to catch a glimpse of what an eight foot wave might have looked like. people have gathered at areas sort of like sporting events, breaking out blankets, beverages and by in that case collars. this shot sent from chris on twitter. dramatic images taken from eyewitnesses of the 8.8 earthquake. this one posted on twit pic. an enormous building torn in half. here is another shot taken from inside an apartment in chile.
years. you have icicles coming out of your nostrils. reporter: tim russert s son posted a twit pic of himself on snow patrol. the macho thing to do is to keep reporting no matter what happens. i wrote one for the blog. there we go. this is what we do on live television in a blizzard. stay there, we re fine. reporter: whether it s a falling umbrella or a falling cameraman. where it s not snow but black ice which at times can be a slippery thing, let me tell you. reporter: might as well join the cameraman. are you okay, man? that s tony. reporter: just act like nothing happened. dipped to 9.7%, but for african-americans it is more than 15%. reporter: in the name of in depth storm coverage we reporters will use anything to measure the depth of the snow. this reporter climbed his own satellite truck to measure virgin snow. ooh, seven inches of snow. reporter: my ruler s bigger