Photo credit: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon[/caption]
When the waters began to recede, Team Rubicon used FirstLook imagery to mobilize our larger teams for debris removal. The imagery enabled us to focus our efforts on pre-targeted areas where the waters had receded and also to forecast additional flooding. What would normally take three or four days if we surveyed areas manually, we completed in a few hours thanks to DigitalGlobe. We used that time instead to help Hurricane Harvey survivors return to their homes and begin to regain a sense of normalcy.
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Photo credit: Jeremy Hinen, Team Rubicon[/caption]
In the last month, Team Rubicon deployed more than 1,000 volunteers to Texas and served 360 homes affected by Harvey. To learn more, visit www.teamrubiconusa.org.