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Help! The Red Cross is Making Me Watch NASCAR!
I feel about NASCAR pretty much the same way that Robin feels about country music. Actually, I feel that way about country music too, but that’s another story…we’re talking NASCAR.If […]
My Problem With Today’s Oregonian
While we blogged the possibility of one giant earthquake hitting our area yesterday, The Oregonian published their article today. Generally, I like The O and this article is definitely fascinating, […]
Earthquake Drill 2008
Speaking of earthquakes (as if we haven’t been talking about them for a week straight already)…Prizes for the drill were awarded at today’s staff meeting. The Health & Safety team, […]
The Big One May Be Bigger Than You Thought
According to this story on KGW, scientists are now theorizing that the entire Cascadia Subduction Zone could shake simultaneously (rather than bits of it quaking at separate times), bringing the […]
Disaster Action Team Responses
Late Tuesday, April 22, a man had a serious kitchen fire in his Mobile Home in Boring, OR. The homeowner was not present as she was already hospitalized for a […]
Earthquake Drill!!
Today the other AmeriCorps members and I got to test the preparedness of the Red Cross with an earthquake drill! We ran around in our official Red Cross gear while […]
Disastrously Good Weekend Plans
Looking for something to do this weekend? I just found out that the Multnomah County Library is hosting a reading/lecture by William Sullivan who just wrote a book called Oregon’s Greatest […]
Disaster Action Team Responses
On Saturday April 19, 2 adults and 1 infant had a fire in their apartment in SE Portland. The Red Cross was called on April 21, and was told the […]
Drinking + Disaster = A Good Meeting Place
I’m going to steal Robin’s story by blogging this, but since she’s out today, I’m left with no choice. Over the weekend, she was sharing the I’m Red Cross Ready […]
A Stylish Fire Extinguisher?
Generally speaking, “stylish” and “fire extinguisher” don’t really go together. But if I’m going to be adding a new one to my humble abode — especially if it’s going to […]