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Disaster Team Responses

Sep 30, 2008

Monday afternoon a family in Estacada had a fire in their mobile home. The four adults and 2 children had a place to go after the fire, but they did […]

Watch Out For Burritos!

Sep 30, 2008

According to Susan Henschen over at the Live Lightly, Laugh Often blog, burritos are dangerous. Find out why. And if you’re a big burrito fan, you might pre-emptively want to […]

Stay Healthy, Give Blood

Sep 30, 2008

It’s hard to get me to pick up a paper copy of The Oregonian, much less leaf through all the advertising inserts to pull out Parade magazine. Fortunately, Barb D. […]

Our Friend John Interviews Grover

Sep 30, 2008

That’s right. Grover. Of Sesame Street. For a while now, our friend John Solomon has been doing a series of video interviews called “What Should We Tell The Public?” [About […]

From The Creators of the UK’s Biggest Online Interactive Series…

Sep 29, 2008

[You thought Game Week was over, didn’t you? Oh no, it has just begun…] Our friends in England have created a truly excellent ARG (alternate reality game). Scripted by the […]

WiiNintendo.net 1UPing Disasters

Sep 29, 2008

Formerly “Ike’ll Get No Sympathy From Us!”, WiiNintendo.net has revamped the competition and decided to take on ALL disasters. It’s now called “WiiNintendo.net 1UPing Disasters.” It makes sense.  I mean gamers battle […]

Check Out The Rodeo Photos!

Sep 29, 2008

Yee-haw! You can now see all the photos from the 2008 Northwest Emergency Response Team Rodeo on our Flickr page!What’s the rodeo, pardner? It’s a drill involving 200 CERT and […]

Selling Lemonade for the Red Cross

Sep 29, 2008

While most kids have packed away their lemonade stands for the summer, Luke Fraiser, Jacob Kassman and Emily Kassman are still going strong. The three are residents of Katy, Texas, […]

Some Volunteer Appreciation

Sep 29, 2008

If you’ve been following the numbers on the blog (off to your right), you’ll see that we’re at about 186 Oregon deployments related to Hurricane Season 2008. Of those, about […]

DISASTER ACTION TEAM RESPONDS

Sep 29, 2008

The DAT did respond to a Single Family Fire late night Saturday, 27 Sept 08, in NE Portland. Insured homeowners, family of 2 adults and 2 children, had a garage […]