CampFire

  • Did twitter users express positive or negative opinions about evacuation preparedness and the early warning system, or lack thereof?
  • How many of the tweets focused on missing people, families, pets and/or reporting deaths during and after the Camp Fire.
    • Were tweets retweeted that contained the names and or images of missing persons or pets during the disaster?
    • Were tweets that contained images of missing persons or pets retweeted more often than those without images?
  • How long did it take for public figures/organizations like the sheriff or CalFire to start tweeting compared to the public.
  • What are the top 5-10 hashtags attributed to #campfireparadise from the time that the fire started to one month later, and how do those top 5-10 change over the course of one month from the beginning of the disaster?

Individual people / orgs

  • Were tweets regarding the visit of President Trump positive or negative?
  • How, as expressed through positive or negative sentiment, and when, early or later, did twitter users express public opinion in regard to Sheriff Kory Honea?
    • (not looked at yet) - how has the sentiment towards Honea changed since the Oroville Dam spillway?
  • (not looked at yet) - do people tweet about orgs differently than about people?

Information sharing

  • What government or media sources were retweeted or referenced the most often by Butte County residents.
  • What was retweeted/liked/quoted more? emotional or informational tweets?

Blame?

  • Prior to finding out who the responsible party that caused the destructive fire in Paradise, who was the organization or main culprit that received blame from the general public? Which hashtags were used?

  • On tweets related to the Camp Fire, where do people place the majority of the blame during the event? (Looking at negative responses only) Keywords: PG&E, GOV., Police, Firefighters, 911. (or variations of). Wind, City of Paradise (for not cutting down or clearing trees), water company (running out of water while homeowners were trying to save their own homes)

COVID19

  • Do tweets referencing FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) in relation to Camp Fire response reveal a positive or negative public sentiment? How does this differ to the sentiment of FEMA during the COVID pandemic?