List of people twittering about the Volcano eruption on Iceland
Blog post last updated 17:00 GMT, 19.april 2010
This is a manually updated list of people twittering about the eruption from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland.
Note: please comment if you miss anybody/anything here.
Twitter accounts updated within the last hour:
hjortur Tweets about it from Iceland
claudiorosmino A journalist tweeting about it
darenbbc Another journalist tweeting about it
gislio Tweets about it from Iceland
KLM KLM
ElaineKirk Tweets about it, also have some nice pictures
Icelandair Icelandair, Airplane company based on Iceland
FMCNL Tweets about plane news
AirlineIndustry Tweets about the airplane industry
travelworld101 – Travel news
guardiannews British newspaper
TerrenceYoung “In the zone”
calaisrescue “Rescues” people on the continent
NewsZombie Newsfeed, mentions it often
jmsardo Tweets about it
AshAlerts Tweets about it
hjortur Tweets about it
stupidcatstweet (re)tweets about it
klmfan Tweets about KLM
chriswotton Tweets about it
Twitter accounts updated within the last three hours:
flyersview Airplane news
foreignoffice Tweets about it
NealKarlinsky Journalist currently on Iceland
CNNbrk CNN
eurocontrol EU air safety organization
ExamineDisaster General disaster tweeting
salvor Tweets about it from Iceland
from_iceland Tweets about it from Iceland
SHSig Tweets about it from Iceland
UnitedAirlines United Airlines (US)
Twitter accounts updated later
lizmale Tweets about it
michaeltnoel A stuck traveller
BritishAirways British Airways
Hashtags
#iceland
#ashtag
#ashcloud
#stranded
#putmeup
#getmehom
Other resources:
Webcams showing the volcano (Please note that the weather around the volcano is very variating.
http://eldgos.mila.i…-thorolfsfelli/ – Can be slow, i reccomend the mirrors.
http://www.vgtv.no/?id=29824&category=1 – Norwegian mirror #1.
http://www.vgtv.no/?id=29823&category=1 – Norwegian mirror #2.
Webcam pointed at Hekla (another volcano)
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twittering as http://twitter.com/ElaineKirk posting pics and info since March eruption here http://tinyurl.com/yhbh7yl
elaine
18 Apr 10 at 11:20
[...] There are also encouraging signs of people helping themselves, with bottom-up resilience being facilitated by social media (also this Dunkirk evacuation – loading now in Calais). On Twitter, the #getmehome tag is worth watching as, of course, are the main tags: #ashtag #ashcloud (also – a good list of Twitter resources here). [...]
Eyjafjallajökull – Europe’s slow motion crisis (updated x3) | Europe and Central Asia | Global Dashboard
18 Apr 10 at 15:03
Tweeting as http://www.twitter.com/chriswotton
Chris Wotton
18 Apr 10 at 19:12
Thanks for the tips so far, all are added to the list
Tor Henning Ueland
18 Apr 10 at 19:21
You should really simply track the hashtags #ashtag and #ashcloud (+ derivatives #stranded #putmeup #getmehome etc) to see who is tweeting about it. (A looong list of people if I may say so.)
Stephanie Booth (@stephtara)
18 Apr 10 at 19:53
Hi,
True, just added a little section for the different hashtags now.
Tor Henning Ueland
18 Apr 10 at 20:37
twitter hashtag #icerupt is missing from your list
elaine
18 Apr 10 at 21:56
How about a list of info sites
When Volcanoes Erupt: A Survival Guide for Stranded Travelers
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=111731495524306
fbook group enabled people to help each other in getting stranded travellers home
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Volcanic activity in Iceland
http://tinyurl.com/yhbh7yl
A topic on the Home Education Forums constantly updated with pics and info with links to sources of further info
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Reykjavik Grapevine
http://www.grapevine.is/Home/
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The Iceland Weather Report
http://icelandweatherreport.com/
elaine
18 Apr 10 at 22:05
sorry fbook when volcan’s erupt link appears to have broken try this http://tinyurl.com/y3p6ot7
elaine
18 Apr 10 at 22:08
My Reykjavik Info tweets regularly and has webcam on site
Twitter- http://twitter.com/MyReykjavikInfo
Web- http://tinyurl.com/yzym6p2
elaine
19 Apr 10 at 10:46