Tag: Disaster
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 […]
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 […]