Prepare For Emergencies Through Crowdsourcing — techcrunch.com

If flooding in your town is imminent,  do you know where to go to stay safe? If a heat warning has been put in place, can you find the nearest cooling center to cool down? Using the Federal Emergency Management Agency‘s OpenFEMA Initiative, Appallicious created the Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD) that offers communities a tool for recovery efforts. Appallicious is a civic startup that helps governments better serve its citizens using data. Today, CEO and founder Yo Yoshida will be one of about 20 presenters at the White House Innovation for Disaster Response and Recovery Initiative Demo Day, following a speech from President Obama.

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