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It's no coincidence that 2012 (the latest in a long line of disaster movies from director Roland Emmerich) is timed to release during one of the worst weather months North Americans experience. Yep, November is storm season, bringing with it power outages, floods, snow, wind and that's only on the west coast. We've written a bit about crowd-sourcing disaster information before, but now seems like the perfect time to get back into disaster preparedness. (More...)