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Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

May 3, 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 […]

Meet “Disaster” and “Preparedness”

Apr 30, 2012

Check out this awesome, funny (and important) video on conquering disasters! Our only “two cents” would be that preparedness also means thinking about community resilience, through actions like donating blood […]

Tomorrow! “Dark Shadows” helps bring the need for blood to light

Apr 27, 2012

  American Red Cross blood donors have chance to win movie-themed prizes Vampire Barnabas Collins may be condemned to the shadows for eternity, but the American Red Cross and the […]

Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

Apr 25, 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 […]

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 […]