Disaster Housing: A New Strategy

A while back, I did a post for Apartment Therapy about FEMA trailers and how people managed to pack their entire lives into pretty tiny spaces after Hurricane Katrina. The […]

Imagine The Trauma Of Losing Everything…

This weekend, I received an update from our Disaster Action Teams that almost brought me to tears. It didn’t initially sound like an unusual situation — a house fire, one […]

Disaster Alert: Northwest Floods

I just got the following note in my e-mail and thought it was worth sharing: Lise –Right now is the worst part for the flood victims in Washington and Oregon […]

24: A “Made For TV” Disaster

I’ll admit it — I’ve been a loyal watcher of 24 since the very first season when Kim was kidnapped after partying with those boys. Yeah, that’s right; the amnesia […]

Need Help? Call 2-1-1.

So we’ve talked before about 5-1-1 for weather info and how you’re not supposed to call 9-1-1 unless it’s a true medical emergency. By now, your head is surely swimming […]

How Busy Are We?

If you’ve been wondering about the lack of new content on the blog, it’s because we’ve been busy. Really busy. Just how busy are we? Well, here’s a note from […]