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Get Inspired to Prepare (for the Zombie Apocalypse)
(Re-posted courtesy of Gloria Huang at redcrosschat.org) Did you know that more people feel prepared for a zombie apocalypse than for a tornado? Last week, we asked people on Facebook […]
Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide 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 […]
Meet “Disaster” and “Preparedness”
Check out this awesome, funny (and important) video on conquering disasters! Our only “two cents” would be that preparedness also means thinking about community resilience, through actions like donating blood […]
Tomorrow! “Dark Shadows” helps bring the need for blood to light
American Red Cross blood donors have chance to win movie-themed prizes Vampire Barnabas Collins may be condemned to the shadows for eternity, but the American Red Cross and the […]
Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide 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 […]
Support Local Restaurants, Help Save Lives
It’s National Dine Out Week and Restaurant.com is teaming up with the Red Cross to celebrate blood donation now through April 29, 2012 with a special treat! Also, when customers […]
‘Space’ for more preparedness!
Apparently there is space for more preparedness, thanks to a new program NASA is leading. For the West Coast, they are working on developing the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster […]
New Tsunami Inundation Maps
This week the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries released three new tsunami inundation maps. The three Oregon coast maps are for: Manzanita-Nehalem Nehalem East Rockaway Beach What I […]
so much more to learn
(AP Photo) This article in the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-the-virginia-earthquake-packed-such-a-punch/2012/04/18/gIQAlJVqRT_story.html shows something that we already know but have yet to fully absorb: we have so much more to learn when it […]
Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide 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 […]