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Maria, which destroyed Puerto Rico, has left 1.5 million American citizens without access to drinking water, while in Houston, the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey is still being felt. And Florida residents are breathing a sigh of relief that the damage from Hurricane Irma wasn’t worse.
Over the next weeks, months, and years, millions of people will be rebuilding their lives.
Tech companies, quick to respond to Harvey and Irma, have been much slower to announce relief efforts or matching donations for Maria, and that mirrors a broader lack of mobilization in response to what’s looking like a far more catastrophic event.
However, RapidSOS has launched an offering in response to all three storms.
Read the full article on responding to natural disasters by Jonathan Shieber at TechCrunch