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Impartiality Put To The Test
I received an email today from Eric Corliss, our Emergency Services Director. The message discussed the first ever American Red Cross Humanitarian Prize winners.Recipients Dr. Younis Al Khatib (Palestine Red […]
Are You A Shop-A-Holic?
SOME of us around here have a problem with shoes. I’m not naming names, but their initials are MW and AE. You can take it from there. (I, on the […]
Disaster Preparedness In Urban Immigrant Communities
There’s a paper making it’s way around Red Cross circles that I thought might interest you preparedness junkies. Entitled “Disaster Preparedness in Urban Immigrant Communities: Lessons Learned from Recent Catastrophic […]
Pun Cookies Are Fun Cookies
Speaking of cooking for a cause… Yesterday I came across a couple of delicious looking cookie recipes that would be great for a Recipe for Disaster Party or a Red […]
Disaster Trailers In The Daily Astorian
We’ve had some great coverage of the disaster trailers that have been delivered up and down the Oregon coast over the last few weeks. Extra special thanks to KOIN‘s Tim […]
Cooking For The Cross
I can’t cook. There, I’ve said it. The problem is so bad that I’ve even thought about giving Robin money for groceries so that she can bring two yummy vegetarian […]
Best. Interview. Ever.
I now present the highly-anticipated, exclusive, first-time interview with Portland’s oldest resident and coolest new Twitter personality, PortlandRain. (Pun highly intended. For background, see here and here.) Warning: interview includes rhymes, […]
Why Are You Making Those Gross Noises?
Dede, our comic buff, has sent us another gem, this time from Stone Soup. Here’s yesterday’s strip: And here’s today’s: What do you think will happen? Will Holly know how […]
Disaster Action Team Responses
A family in Tigard had a single family fire on Nov. 18. When the Red Cross volunteers arrived, they found the family does have Insurance, but could not contact the […]
Wearable Shelter? Or Parka?
As promised, here’s the first totally awesome item from MOMA’s SAFE: Design Takes On Risk exhibit — the Final Home 44-pocket parka. Designed as a wearable shelter, this parka features […]