Welcome to new blog

Dear reader,

Cyclone #Phailin just hit India with brute force and since this major disaster is the third major event covered by EZR news, it's time to give the emergency response more room, and to keep it separated from the other content which is perhaps too specific and 'dry' for people in need of relief effort related content.

So far some blog entries with useful instructions for people being affected by those disasters have been published on two different blogs: The main blog (eurozoneremarks.blogspot.com) and the blog for development, energy, investment, etc.

Those blog entries will remain where they are currently located, but some links to those 'older' blog entries will be added here of course.

Besides offering an immediate, customized response for people in need of vital information during such disasters there will be also some tips for others providing help, assistance or who 'just' fulfill a reporting/informing role.

Be advised that only the most severe natural disasters can be covered , or those most likely to evolve to something very threatening for human life and/or property. Such as Hurricane Sandy, The floods in Central Europe 2013, and Cyclone Phailin right now. 

With access to over 2000 news sources worldwide and some experience in filtering social media like Twitter only such information will get 'republished' which has been proven reliable (and which was double checked). Doesn't matter if those infos useful for others originates from officials, media outlets or individuals which are pleading for help or offering assistance.

Twitter suggestions of who to follow and/or complete lists compiled for a specific event will get published as well as links to other useful websites (Google disaster response , etc)

Please note that the 'design' of this blog will be kept as simple as possible in order to reduce load for people who have only access to weak Internet connection. So don't expect fancy, modern, stylish graphics or design. Blog entries with content of other social media will get copied: One simple prioritized blog entry with text only and another one displaying full tweets. There have been difficulties with some browsers and such 'reposts' of embedded tweets, so perhaps better not expect too much or just use 'plain text' version. Of course there will be no ads displayed on this blog. For power conserving reasons of your display device running on batteries, the background is pitch black.

Perhaps also an idea for other websites to free those websites intended for use during disasters of unnecessary traffic invoked by various cross-links to other (advertisement, tracking) websites. Just as for instance the Wall Street Journal removed their paywall during Hurricane Sandy.

Content here will get automatically posted on twitter using hashtags and/or direct messaging to people or organizations who request this information. So headlines can contain '#' and '@'.
If you want to contact me (suggestions, corrections, criticism,whatever)please use Twitter for first contact, since this is the only medium monitored more frequently (perhaps daily)