Tag: Disaster
Save The Bunny, Take The Survey
Over the weekend, I went to Forest Grove. Sure, this might not sound exciting, but it was a chance to drive by the Harvey’s Marine rabbit and check out McMenamin’s […]
Turkey’s Earthquake Proof Airport
With the news this morning of major aftershocks being felt in Chile, many of us are questionning just how vulnerable our homes and buildings are. A while back, I blogged […]
Mashable: Prepare for Disasters Using Social Media
I’m in the habit of e-mailing myself tweets that I want to remember to write about on the blog. Last night, I sent myself three, which is a new record. […]
Is Your Biz Disaster Ready?
Just wanted to point your attention to this week’s Oregon Business magazine poll, which is right up our alley: Okay, so you can’t vote in the image above, but you […]
Video: One Month In Haiti
What makes a bigger impact — words or images? How about both? This “one month in review” video tells the story of the Red Cross’ work in Haiti — what […]
Got Ideas? DHS Wants To Hear From You
Not a fan of color-coded threat levels? Wish hazard risk assessment tools were open source? Have ideas for how disaster preparedness information could reach more citizens? For the next month, […]
February 19: Honoring Vanport Survivors
When you think about NW Oregon’s biggest disasters, there are two that quickly come to mind. One is the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. And the other? The Vanport Flood […]
British Red Cross: Help Not Hinder Haiti
Leave it to Boing Boing to point out something I should have spotted ages ago. On Monday, they directed people to this post by Claire Durham of the British Red […]
On The Ground In Haiti: Jordan Shares His Story
Last week, we had a special guest at our All Staff meeting….my friend Jordan! Yes, now that he’s home (per Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders policy for those […]