Tag: Disaster
Ah, Springtime!
I can’t think of a better someecards to capture my mixed emotions about spring. Sure, spring means cherry blossoms on the waterfront and — much more importantly, my birthday — […]
What We’ve Got Here…Is A Failure To Prepare
Thought I’d share this interesting article from the New York Times about Californians and their level of preparedness. Given that California has seen major earthquakes more recently than we have, […]
Baja Earthquake Videos Hit YouTube
We hope you never have to experience a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. But, thanks to YouTube and Mashable, you can get a small taste of what it might be like. Water […]
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, […]