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Imogen Heap: The Fire
What does the devastation of a house fire sound like? I think I just found out. Not because it happened to me (thank goodness), but because I was just listening […]
The Leech is Back!
Back by popular demand, the leech has resurfaced in hospitals as a fashionable medicinal blood-sucking tool. I’m not talking about the horror movie, human-terrorizing type of leech, or the 19th […]
Comic Books For The Troops!
Check this out! Bridge City Comics – our locally owned comic book store (and by local I mean just a few blocks our office) – has started an initiative to […]
New 2012 Trailer
Robin and I like disaster movies. In fact, we’re gearing up for Disaster Movie Mondays throughout the month of September at the Tin Shed. But you know who likes disaster […]
Eat Hot Wings; Help The Red Cross
Wildfires. House fires. Sadly, the American Red Cross is all about fires. Which is why it makes perfect sense that we’re partnering with Fire on the Mountain Buffalo Wings for […]
Flickr Finds: Oregon Red Cross Nurses
Look at these ladies, circa 1952! I can’t decide what I like better — the fashion and the hairstyles or the sweet bus. Now that’s the sort of ride I’d […]
Geneva Conventions: There’s An App For That.
That’s right, my fellow iPhonites! You can now access the full text of the Geneva Conventions (as well as the following Protocols) wherever you are with the free Geneva Conventions […]
Yelping Out The Red Cross
Are you a Yelper? If you’re the type that likes to check out all the latest, greatest restaurants in PDX — like this one, this one and that one — […]
Disaster Response Update
August 20:Out in our Columbia River District, our disaster volunteers helped after a very late-night fire in The Dalles. Two clients were immediately hospitalized; we’ll be there to help with […]
Really Basic First Aid
First aid is about stitches and splints and bandages, right? Think again. Sometimes first aid is just about lending an ear and holding a hand. This blogger may have been […]