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World Water Day
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Flight Attendant Rap
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 […]