Tag: Disaster
One Year Later: December 2007 Storms
Do you remember what you were doing a year ago this week? If you lived along Oregon’s coast, you could well have been stranded at home; stuck without power and […]
Disaster Trailers In The Daily Astorian
We’ve had some great coverage of the disaster trailers that have been delivered up and down the Oregon coast over the last few weeks. Extra special thanks to KOIN‘s Tim […]
Bob Porter: Why I Help
So are we allowed to play favorites when it comes to volunteers? I mean, they are all FABULOUS, but we can especially adore a couple of them, right? Right? Okay, […]
Ten PR Lessons From Hurricane Ike
I’ve been playing catch-up, and this morning it was time to go through the mail. In it I found the latest issue of Tactics, one of the publications put out […]
Chefs Master How To Deal With Disaster
I’m not normally an Esquire Magazine reader, but who doesn’t love knowing the Best New Restaurants of 2008? But the part of the issue that most interested me were the […]
Don’t Leave Home Without Your Documents
If you’ve been following the news about the California wildfires, you might have also seen that Governor Schwarzenegger has signed an executive order to waive fees for replacement documents for […]
Trouble the Water Comes to Portland
What do you have planned this weekend? If you’ve got nothing on your agenda, you might be interested in stopping by Cinema 21, where Trouble the Water — an award-winning […]
Look Out For A Global Warming Land Rush
Oregonians have been known to complain when people move here from out of state, most particularly when they come from California. Remember that Tom McCall quote? But the real question […]
Stop Disasters!
Game Week might be over, but it doesn’t mean we’ll stop sharing cool sites with you when we find ’em. While researching International Day For Disaster Reduction, I found Stop […]
Alabama Red Cross Chapter Hit By Tornado
Have you ever wondered just how prepared a Red Cross chapter is for disaster? I mean, if a quake hit Portland, not only do we have to respond and help […]