Author: Red Cross Cascades Region
Needles that help save lives…
A few weeks ago I got my very first tattoo at Infinity here in Portland. Traci (the tattoo artist) and I had about three hours to get to know each […]
“Twister” In Real Life
You’ve all seen Twister right? Where a team of stormchasers “attempts to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of some extremely violent tornadoes”? Well, this kind of […]
Volcanoes and Lightning: Together At Last
Every once in a while, we’ll just have so many super cool things to blog about that the slightly less interesting or slightly more time-consuming posts fall by the wayside. […]
Saving A Poodle Named Prince
If you saw this face, you’d do whatever you could to save his life, wouldn’t you? And what if that involved putting his entire snout in your mouth? Would you […]
Prepare-aphernalia: Forget Batteries, Use A Monkey!
Powermonkey, that is. I just discovered the Powermonkey Portable Charger. You can plug it in to charge it up, and then put it straight into your emergency kit because it […]
Prepare-aphernalia: Not Your Father’s Swiss Army Knife
This is being branded as the ultimate geek gadget – and I’m inclined to agree. With a USB flash drive (1GB, 2GB or 4GB), LED light, a ballpoint pen, AND all […]
Trivia Time! Guess how long. . .
A few months ago, Robin boggled all your brains with a blood trivia blog that asked you to guess the number of red blood cells in the human body. The […]
A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words…Italy Earthquake
The image below is from Getty/AFP, and it is incredible. A child is comforted by a Red Cross rescuer in a refugee camp setup just outside the Abruzzo capital of […]
Prepare-aphernalia: Kosher for Passover
Last night’s attendance at a Passover seder got me thinking about “Kosher for Passover” foods and their long shelf life. Which, of course, got me thinking about them as supplies […]
Volcano Quiz!
As Mount Redoubt begins to form a new lava dome and the alert level is lowered, I wanted to point out a cool volcano quiz before the topic drops from […]