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World Water Day

Mar 20, 2009

Not-so-fun fact: At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease. What kind of diseases? Ones like cholera, from which […]

When Will Disaster Strike? Nicolas Cage Knows!

Mar 20, 2009

This is the opening weekend for Knowing, a disaster movie in which Nicolas Cage finds a list that predicts the dates of upcoming catastrophes.  And while we can’t offer you any […]

How To Survive A Disaster: Shuffle Your Playlist

Mar 20, 2009

According to our friend Amanda Ripley (author of The Unthinkable), when you’re in an emergency situation your brain works sort of like iTunes. Due to stress, it basically shuts down […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

Mar 20, 2009

A family in Warren , had a house fire March 19. The family of 2 adults and 4 children did not have a place to stay that night. When the […]

KOIN Answers FAQs About AEDs

Mar 19, 2009

How’s that for a headline full of acronyms? This week KOIN 6 News ran a great story about AEDs – answering questions like: What are they? Where are they? And […]

Remembering Community Members Lost In Fire

Mar 19, 2009

Yesterday our volunteers provided a memorial service in Tillamook for Rick and Shirley Noble, who were killed in a devastating house fire on Monday, March 9th. The Nobles were well-known in […]

Double Your Pleasure with Double Red Cell Donation

Mar 19, 2009

Did you know that it’s possible to give two units of red blood cells during one blood donation appointment? During a Double Red Cell donation, blood is drawn from one […]

A Clue As To Why We Haven’t Blogged All Day

Mar 18, 2009

Here’s a visual puzzle for you. What word do all of these photos have in common? [pause for suspenseful Jeopardy theme music] Did you guess “tiny-confusing-pictures-that-Robin-is-making-me-guess-about?” Very close! But, I’m sorry, the […]

Landslides and Lager

Mar 17, 2009

Do you like beer? Do you want to learn about landslides? Do you have plans tonight?   Because tonight Lucky Lab NW is again hosting Volcano Views and Brews. The […]

Flight Attendant Rap

Mar 17, 2009

Okay so he doesn’t mention all of the flight safety procedures, but this rap got a lot more people’s attention than the usual, drab pre-flight speech. I can’t help but […]