Those who returned to New Orleans focused their energies on rebuilding, often eschewing mediated communication for New Orleans-style in-person interaction. As recovery continued, many musicians discontinued or adjusted their use of technologies that did not fit the cultural and social context of their everyday lives.
For those who had to leave New Orleans, these online spaces helped them maintain connection with their local communities. Seeking and redistributing information resulted in the creation or discovery of online spaces that became virtual instantiations of the physical environments from which the musicians were barred. The authors found that in the immediate aftermath, musicians used cell phones and the Internet to locate family and friends and obtain information unavailable in broadcast news reports. This article presents results from a longitudinal study of New Orleans musicians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Advances in communication technologies have given people more ways to seek information and communicate-a redundancy that can help people cope with disaster situations and support subsequent recovery. Disasters are threatening and highly dynamic situations, marked by high levels of information need and low levels of information availability.
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