Tag: Disaster
O Katrina! An (Unconventional) Video Remembrance
Today marks the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. And as New Orleans holds memorial ceremonies, residents are also preparing for Gustav and the likelihood of evacuations…the first since 2005. In […]
Picking A Red Cross Theme Song
Last week, Robin posted a lovely tribute to the Water Blog in the form of Logan Whitehurst’s “Tokyo Narita.” The Water Blog ran with this idea, posting several other theme […]
Crisis Expert Takes Tropical Storm Fay Head-On
We’ve been so busy with the Blog-Off (I sense this is going to be a chronic excuse for a while) that we’ve neglected to write about all the other important […]
Blog-Off 2008: Nessie Attacks, Red Cross Responds
Today’s BLOG OFF 2008 challenge comes from a Portland Mercury reader who said,“I’d like to hear a response plan from each agency on a Nessie-esque beast in the water reservoirs. […]
Providing Support in Gearhart
Yesterday, tragedy struck along the Oregon coast, when a rented plane struck a rented house in Gearhart. Five people, including three children, were killed. A situation of this magnitude in […]
Storing Food For A Disaster
In another example of synergy with Apartment Therapy, I thought I’d point you in the direction of this post, which gives some great examples of how to store food (along […]
Dolly gets her own website.
I’m talking this Dolly, not this Dolly. For all the latest Hurricane Dolly Red Cross news, including stats, photos, audio and video from the field check out the Hurricane Dolly […]
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
You may not know this, but I once lived in Texas. And not the hipster mecca of Austin either…good ol’ San Antone. So as I watch Dolly’s progress, I feel […]
Who Uses the Red Cross in a Disaster To Pick Up Women?
Okay, so Oregonian John Richards didn’t exactly INTEND to pick up women, but pick up one he did…Iowan Michelle Peterson, who he’ll marry this coming Saturday in Portland. As John […]
It’s not just in the Portland area…
I just saw this article and had to post it. Apparently it’s not just our Chapter that has been responding to an unusual amount of house fires. The Register-Guard reports 30 house […]