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Lasers That Predict Landslides

Feb 23, 2009

Whether they come from the mouths of cats or the wings of airplanes, lasers are totally awesome. But since technology isn’t quite ready for the former, I bring you the […]

Parent Asks Son To Follow Geneva Conventions In Video Game

Feb 23, 2009

Have you seen this yet? It was posted yesterday on boingboing.net and is beginning to make the rounds.  A father writes about how he agreed to let his son play […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

Feb 23, 2009

On Feb. 21, at 6:30 pm there was an apartment fire in Aloha. When the American Red Cross volunteers arrived they found that 10 adults and 15 children needed food […]

Red Cross Takes On Best Pic Noms

Feb 20, 2009

On Sunday night, I’m headed to my first ever Oscar party. To be honest, I’ve been out of touch with movies as of late, so I’ve only seen one of […]

Wondermark Comic’s Knit Kit

Feb 20, 2009

Beloved by readers of The Onion and geeks worldwide, Wondermark Comics pairs 19th-century artwork with 21st-century humor. Today’s topic, how NOT to build an emergency kit: Do you know what […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

Feb 20, 2009

A family in Pendleton single family house was destroyed by fire Feb. 18, 2009. The family was referred to the Red Cross in Pendleton for services on Feb. 19. The […]

Calling All Linguists: Name These Phobias!

Feb 19, 2009

Do you suffer from antlophobia? If you live in Vernonia, Oregon, you just might. Rather than give you all the answers, I’ll give you the phobia and you name the […]

Storm Stories: Starts Sunday; Submit Your Own

Feb 19, 2009

Have you ever watched Storm Stories on the Weather Channel? I haven’t seen it myself, but I’ve been hearing a lot about the Tornado Week episodes that premiere this Sunday. […]

Vikings Throw Gauntlet At Beaver Blood Drive

Feb 18, 2009

The Civil War Blood Drive might just have some competition. It’s true; students over at Portland State are trying to give Oregon State a run for its money…or at least […]

Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up

Feb 18, 2009

Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the major (and sometimes small, but interesting) international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of nice little […]