With the current events going on in Chile and now Hawaii, social media has found a new niche to reach out to loved ones to help them.  Social media helped to evacuate over 50,000 people on Oahu as the tsunami headed towards Hawaii.  

“Honolulu Emergency Management Department spokesman John Cummings says digital networking got the word out quickly after Saturday's tsunami was generated by the earthquake in Chile.  Cummings says people communicated through Facebook, Twitter and texting to let each other know what was going on. He says they responded quickly and smoothly, doing what they needed to do to get themselves out of harm's way.  Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Geophysicist Brian Shiro estimates he sent 500 tweets during the evacuation.  He says digital communication is a good way to keep the community informed.”