Tag: Disaster
Need Meds?
Do you have three days’ worth of medication on you RIGHT NOW? Not back at your house or out in your car, but immediately available if someone demanded to see […]
Red Crosser describes the ‘triple whammy’ blow of Ike
The Oregonian ran a story on Ike featuring our good friend from the Willamette Chapter, Margaret Sanner. She’s down in Texas right now and described the ‘triple whammy’ effect… “During the […]
The Fishies Are Swimming In Our House Now, Right?
As you know, Texas took a beating from Hurricane Ike this weekend. I was tracking it minute-by-minute via these twitter channels. (Yeah, pretty intense.) Here’s a quick round-up of eye-witness reports: […]
Do You Know This Person?
Hmmm…does this person look familiar? Leave your guess at who it is in the comments!P.S. At least it sure LOOKS like someone we know who’s responding to Hurricane Ike. I […]
NDART: Like The Red Cross For Animals
After my post yesterday about preparing pets for disasters, I got a very nice e-mail from Alexis, who’s currently creating the Baltimore City Animal Response Team. Here’s what she said: […]
Haiti and Cuba: What We’re Doing
If you’re anything like Blake (and own a television), you’ve surely seen images of devastation in Haiti and Cuba caused by the recent hurricanes. One thing you might be wondering […]
Preparing Your Pet In A Disaster
By this point, most of you know that my extraordinary blogging prowess isn’t confined to Cross Blog…I also write for Apartment Therapy. This month, AT is focusing on pets — […]
Meet One Compassionate Kid
Meet Blake. This adorable seven-year-old was watching OPB last night (smart kid, no?) and saw the devastation that Hurricane Ike was causing in Haiti. He told his parents to come […]
Hurricane Season ’08: It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
First of all, just a shout-out to Robin. She isn’t even at work today and she blogged (TWICE!!) whereas I did nothing. How awesome is she? Truthfully, I wasn’t really […]
Red Cross Volunteer In Estacada News
Just wanted to share a very nice article from yesterday’s Estacada News about Margie Thom, one of our Chapter volunteers who got involved in Red Cross work right after Hurricane […]