Group Puts Web to Work for Emergencies; Stargazer Provides Tools for People, Businesses to Communicate, Organize

The Washington Post | November 22, 2007| | Copyright

In a quiet brick building 17 miles west of the White House, Arthur Bushkin has prepared for disaster.

Now the former telecom executive and Carter administration official is asking: Will you join him?

Bushkin has tapped technology, much of it developed by his nonprofit Stargazer Foundation over the past eight years in Fairfax County, to help families and organizations plan for catastrophe and communicate when one hits.

His Web site, stargazer.org, aspires to be part personal command center, part meeting place. It uses Web- and cellphone-based tools to connect users of handheld devices with ...

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