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Some Volunteer Appreciation
If you’ve been following the numbers on the blog (off to your right), you’ll see that we’re at about 186 Oregon deployments related to Hurricane Season 2008. Of those, about […]
DISASTER ACTION TEAM RESPONDS
The DAT did respond to a Single Family Fire late night Saturday, 27 Sept 08, in NE Portland. Insured homeowners, family of 2 adults and 2 children, had a garage […]
Manzanita Thinks Preparedness Is Manza-Neato
[I’m blogging this for Thomas since I don’t think he has internet access right now.] Okay, so I said that Thomas is at an international conference in San Jose, but […]
What Does The Red Cross Think About Global Climate Change?
Right now our CEO, Thomas, is in San Jose at a meeting of representatives from American Red Cross Chapters and from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) exploring […]
“I just had a feeling that I wanted to do something.”
You know I’ve got a soft-spot for teens with big hearts. And Raymond McGee just made my day. Raymond is a 13-year-old hurricane evacuee who didn’t want to just receive […]
Roadblock Wrap-up
Wondering how last week’s Red Cross Roadblock went? Beth Kanter – of the highly popular social media blog, “Beth’s Blog” – got the detailed scoop from the Social Media Roadblock […]
Hurricane Angel
Wow. I just listened to this song by Ellis Paul. It’s soulful, folk-driven, and pretty intense. I think you’ll recognize from the lyrics that it was written just after Hurricane […]
Ike Will Get No Sympathy From Us!
[It must be game week around here. Seems like all I’ve been blogging about are games!] I’ve never played Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but apparently there is this character in […]
Next up, Water Polo!
After yesterday’s wistful musing about my favorite sport, a blog reader from National Headquarters emailed me with updates on what Major League Soccer has done so far to partner with […]
Tsunami Drill: We Survived!
By all accounts, yesterday’s tsunami drill went well. You’ll be able to read all about it in next week’s Tillamook Headlight Herald — we’ll post it when we see it. […]