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		<p>Social media is often the home of people&#8217;s meals, life changing announcements and what they have done over the weekend. Even those with a business accounts tend to focus strictly on business. That is until tragedy strikes and social media becomes something far more powerful.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey"><b>Hurricane Harvey</b></a> was the first <a class="mw-redirect" title="SSHS" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHS#Category_3">major hurricane</a> to make <a title="Landfall" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfall">landfall</a> in the <a title="United States" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</a> since <a title="Hurricane Wilma" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma">Wilma</a> in <a title="2005 Atlantic hurricane season" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season">2005</a>, ending a record 12-year period with no major hurricanes making landfall in the country. In a four-day period, many areas received more than 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain as the system meandered over eastern Texas and adjacent waters, causing catastrophic flooding.&#8221;</em></p>
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<h2>Social Media Steps In</h2>
<p>Once news of the devastation pouring out of Southern Texas began to spread, people began to react on social media. Not only by sending their prayers but by creating groups and sharing locations to donate. People not only posted those things but <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/31/hurricane-harvey-social-media-and-mobile-tech-come-to-the-rescue-in-texas/">one woman posted her location</a> to rescue her, there&#8217;s a Facebook community page where updates can be hosted and celebrities like<a href="http://aplus.com/a/hurricane-harvey-kevin-hart-social-media-challenge?no_monetization=true"> comedian Kevin Hart began challenges on social media</a>. This included asking fellow celebrities to donate a minimum of $25,000. Which those called out by name and those not participated in.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;<a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/31/hurricane-harvey-social-media-and-mobile-tech-come-to-the-rescue-in-texas/">Social media</a> can also be used to let friends and loved-ones know you’re OK. Facebook initiates its safety check service whenever there is a natural or human disaster, including terror attacks and major weather events like Harvey. &#8220;</em></p>
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<p>Times are so advanced, you can see all over social media easy ways to donate by simply clicking a button. Take this time to show some humanity. Read the articles, share the information and donate. We are all human and right now our fellow humans need us. If you click <a href="https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey?scode=RSG00000E017&amp;utm_campaign=Harvey&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1YDkkLuM1gIVCVcNCh1jqACzEAAYASAAEgKYRvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;dclid=CP-4tJW7jNYCFccDNwodQ2QPaQ">here</a>, you can donate to the red cross. Continuing to keep everyone in my prayers.</p>
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