ABSTRACT
Q: After a tornado hit the small city of Manhattan, Kansas, on June 11, 2008, how many amateur videos of the event were posted on YouTube?
A: 234 had been posted 36 hours after the hit. Most of these were poor quality home videos, though the selection also included coverage from local TV stations and at least one slide show of damage accompanied by a country music soundtrack, “Tornadoes” by the Drive-By Truckers.
