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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by brookst on Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:35AM (#36708891)
Were they exclusively using Twitter, or offering it as one of many channels so people could choose how to receive info? The former is a terrible idea, the latter is great (until things change).

I frequently drive a sometimes closed section of road with flashing “tune to AM 560 for road info” signs. It would be great if there were “follow DOT on [service]” options.

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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by JTon on Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:51AM (#36709123)
Doubtful. Canada has emergency alert systems in place over AM and FM radio, over Broadcast TV, and over SMS/cellphone. Those are the systems I'm aware of, but there may be more.
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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by katbyte on Thursday July 13, 2023 @10:59AM (#36710239)
In bc there is drivebc which is the source of truth for road conditions (with webcams)

There are also status pages for bcferries translink and wildfires

Wildfires has a webpage https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/map

An app, and a map https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/f0ac328d88c74d07aa2ee...

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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by e-shrdlu on Thursday July 13, 2023 @10:43AM (#36709950)
It looks like they had a website too, but most people went to twitter for updates
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