SLIDESHOW: Together We Prepare Boise & Eliot

Over the weekend, Red Crossers visited the Boise and Eliot neighborhoods — right in our own backyard! — distributing flashlights, whistles and preparedness information.The whistles appeared to be a big […]

We’re Going To Graceland!

No, not Elvis’ home with the world famous Jungle Room, but rather the “Graceland of Atomic Tourism,” a disaster shelter built in the mid-1950’s for our very own government leaders. […]

Haiti Earthquake: Six Months Later

Six months ago today, the world was stunned as a powerful earthquake shook Haiti, destroying buildings, schools and lives. Today, recovery efforts march on and the global Red Cross network […]

Prepare-aphernalia: The Candwich!

If you brown bag it to work, you’ve probably run into the sad problem of a soggy, smooshed sandwich. Who wants to eat a pulverized PB&J? A torn tuna? A […]

Celebrate Independence Day At The Bagdad

I frequently proclaim how much I love disaster movies. Heck, Robin and I even held Disaster Movie Mondays last September! So you can only imagine how much it shames me […]

Paranoia Or Just Being Prepared?

We’ve talked before about luxury doomsday bunkers and “preppers;” now check out this video from ABC News and tell us what you think.

Flooding In Tennessee

If this powerful video has inspired you to help the people affected by severe weather across our Southern states, just text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.You can […]

Are You Prepared For A Frog Fall?

This August, Portland’s 48 Hour Film Project will return. To get you geared up in the interim, I bring you inspiration from Springfield, MO, the home of SATO48 (and our […]