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Support Local Restaurants, Help Save Lives

Apr 25, 2012

It’s National Dine Out Week and Restaurant.com is teaming up with the Red Cross to celebrate blood donation now through April 29, 2012 with a special treat! Also, when customers […]

‘Space’ for more preparedness!

Apr 25, 2012

Apparently there is space for more preparedness, thanks to a new program NASA is leading. For the West Coast, they are working on developing the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster […]

New Tsunami Inundation Maps

Apr 20, 2012

This week the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries released three new tsunami inundation maps. The three Oregon coast maps are for: Manzanita-Nehalem Nehalem East Rockaway Beach  What I […]

so much more to learn

Apr 19, 2012

(AP Photo) This article in the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-the-virginia-earthquake-packed-such-a-punch/2012/04/18/gIQAlJVqRT_story.html shows something that we already know but have yet to fully absorb: we have so much more to learn when it […]

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

Apr 18, 2012

Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]

Map Out Your Zombie Plan!

Apr 18, 2012

If there was a zombie apocalypse, where would you go? The ‘Organ Trail’ suggested coming to Oregon, but we are already here! Have no fear – there is a map […]

Sisters High School Students Win Statewide Safety Video Contest!

Apr 17, 2012

From Oregon OSHA:Sisters High School students win statewide safety video contest!Three other teams also earn prizesSalem — Two students from Sisters High School took home first-place honors and $500 for […]

Earthquake Preparedness Month: What is Liquefaction?

Apr 14, 2012

This week PBS’ NewsHour had a feature on a little known earthquake phenomenon known as liquefaction, using Oregon as an example of the dangers. It just happened to air after […]

Ready to travel the ‘Organ’ Trail?

Apr 13, 2012

Occasionally we find something just so quirky and fun, that it demands a mention! I will admit that like many people, I grew up outside of Oregon with this perspective […]

Shaking up Earthquake Preparedness Month

Apr 12, 2012

What a day! A 8.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra island (Indonesia) with a 8.2 aftershock, then a 5.9 earthquake off the Southern Oregon coast, and then a […]