• I caught a tweet from Michael Dorausch of Planet Chiropractic that provided a resource of links to the latest California weather news and travel info. The posting appears quite helpful to Californians because it provides alternative sites for those who find the most obvious ones too busy to access.

How it Helped: This is weather posting is a great resource for friends and family in California - pass it on to those who may not know how to navigate the Net well - it could save a lot of headache for anyone travelling or planning to travel.

• Evan Williams kindly posted a driving warning for his Twitter network: "Driving thru town in the storm. Brannan blocked at 8th by fallen tree. Multiple traffic lights out."

How it Helped: Stay away from Brannan and 8th and keep the heck of the roads if you have any choice in the matter.

• Jeremiah Owyang posted that his home was without power and he was bailing water as his garage flooded. He posted a few times on this over the past 10 hours. Poor guy sounds miserable! I wish I was in the area to help - if I were I could thanks to Twitter.

How it Helped: Monitor your basement and garage for water and prepare for outages if you haven't already. Oh and stay away from Jeremiah's neighborhood ;-)

• Adam Glickman lost a TV converter to a power surge. As a result, he decided to plug his replacement into a UPS.

How it Helped: Now is the time to use those all important surge protecting power bars and to use UPS equipment on anything that is too valuable to lose. Oh and pray you kept the $5000 warranty coverage pamphlet that came with your power bar if it doesn't work out for you.