Facebook Flood Call to Action

Here's an article about the power of facebook and it's immediacy in bringing people together. A call for volunteers to help with the sandbagging efforts in Fargo Moorhead was put out on facebook and within 24 hours 1,000 people had volunteered, within 48 hours they were at 2,000.

Here's the link to the amazing results of a facebook group:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2009/03/facebooks_flood_fighters.shtml?refid=0