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Disaster Action Team Responses

On Monday, April 28, an adult had a fire in his apartment in Oregon City. When the Red Cross disaster volunteers arrived, they assisted the family by providing: –Two nights […]

Photos from Suffolk

Here are the latest photos from the Red Cross folks in  Suffolk, Virginia. Here’s the Flickr set. Man…such damage.  It’s sad. I know folks in Virginia, but none from Suffolk. If you […]

Tornadoes Hit Virginia

You may have heard about the tornadoes that tore through Suffolk Virginia yesterday.  Just thought I’d let you all know how the Red Cross is responding. According to National, as of […]

Mid-week Beach Trip

Stop me if you’ve heard this one…A senator, a geologist, and a weatherman go to the beach… Okay, it’s not a joke. It’s a county-wide emergency preparedness fair in Seaside […]

Watch As I Violate Graphic Standards…

Blog reader Michael sent in a question that I think bears answering publicly. He asked (and I’m paraphrasing here), “For someone who keeps mentioning the brand standards, your photo on […]

Wildfire Season Starts Early

Even though it’s still April, wildfires have begun in California. The most recent one is near Los Angeles and already about 550 homes have been evacuated. Here are some tips […]

Oregon, Illinois, Nevada…Who’s next?

Really? More earthquakes? After two months of temblors, a bigger version hit Reno on Friday night. A 4.7 quake followed by hundreds of aftershocks, to be more precise. While there […]

Help! The Red Cross is Making Me Watch NASCAR!

I feel about NASCAR pretty much the same way that Robin feels about country music. Actually, I feel that way about country music too, but that’s another story…we’re talking NASCAR. […]

My Problem With Today’s Oregonian

While we blogged the possibility of one giant earthquake hitting our area yesterday, The Oregonian published their article today. Generally, I like The O and this article is definitely fascinating, […]