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Eat Ice Cream, Help Firefighters
Portland is expecting some unseasonably cold weather on Wednesday night, which means that you should DEFINITELY want to eat ice cream. Right? Right.And the only thing better than ice cream […]
What The Heck Is Liquefaction?
As you might imagine, we’ve been talking a lot about earthquakes lately, especially the risk of a Cascadia subduction zone quake right here in Oregon. One word that has come […]
Red Cross + Loads Of Hope
I’m a fairly stoic person, but it’s always the heart-tugging commercials that bring me down. This one, for example, always makes me a little teary… The first time I saw […]
Prints Of The Taishô Earthquake
In 1924, the Japanese publisher Hoshino Seki issued a set of thirty-six prints depicting scenes from the aftermath of the September 1, 1923 great Tokyo earthquake. He commissioned six artists […]
Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday 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 […]
Show Your “Green” at the Red Cross!
Fútbol fans! The Portland Timbers, in their inaugural MLS season, continue their partnership with the Red Cross through a Timbers blood drive event and sale of a limited edition t-shirt! […]
Everything Swept Away In An Instant
Before I get started rounding up the news from around the world, I just had to share this moving story from a family right here in the United States staying […]
Pink Martini Single Helps Japan
Did you manage to score that Beastie Boys 7″ on Record Store Day? No? Well, you’re not alone — I hear that it sold out within two hours, which means […]
Reminders of Oregon’s Geologic Past
We often enjoy posting Yahoo’s Who Knew? videos on this blog (who knew that they are produced by the same company that does The Office and Family Guy?). The latest […]
3-D Earthquake Photos From 1906
Since we’re talking about today’s anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake, I thought I’d point out these images: If you’re unfamiliar with the technology, these are 3-D, color stereoscopic photographs […]