West Palm Beach asking residents to use Twitter to report flooding around the city

From the City of West Palm Beach website, there are a number of advisories about once-Tropical Storm Erika. You can read them here. What stood out is this request:

WE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO BECOME PART OF OUR RESPONSE TEAM:

IF YOU CAN SAFELY TAKE A PICTURE OF AN AREA EXPERIENCING FLOODING, TWEET THE PHOTO WITH #WPBstorm.  THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL BE MONITORING #WPBstorm FOR YOUR INFORMATION. MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE DETAILS OF WHERE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN, AND WHEN IT WAS TAKEN.

I hope that someday the City of Lake Worth will be far enough along the learning curve so that this type of real-world reporting of conditions around the city is commonplace. By the way, the link to their webpage and this announcement appeared on the city's Facebook page.