Nothing–not bad weather in the Northeast and not the Lord Almighty–will womp Spring Break revelers’ plans. Here’s a sampling of their Tweets as they get around. Note the punctuation in that last one. It’s “God Most High,” not “God, Most High.”
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During my stint at The Anniston (Ala.) Star back in 2001-2002, I often had occasion to cover the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department. It’d be an understatement to say that the department wasn’t precisely hi-tech. I don’t even recall the local crimestoppers using email. I haven’t really kept up over the intervening years, but it appears that, if nothing else, Sheriff Larry Amerson has cottoned on to the power of social networking.
The sad bulletin posted above popped up in my newsfeed today. Rather smartly, the office, which serves a relatively rural population, is using Facebook to communicate about missing persons and other matters. These sorts of bulletins make for grim intrusions into the usual Facebook mix but that’s a small price to pay for keeping a community informed. Folks clearly want it, as you can see from the reactions below. Already, 962 are have become members.
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