Tag: earthquake
Preparedness Now
From Preparedness Now’s description:Up-and-coming film director, motion graphics designer and Art Center College of Design alumnus, Theo Alexopoulos, takes you on a visceral journey through the USGS ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario.The […]
He’s No Chicken Little…
Whatcha doing this Thursday night? Want to meet the Prophet of Doom? Every month, our disaster volunteers get together for a meeting and invite a very special guest to present. […]
“GR8” Promise At The G8 Summit This Week
The IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies), just came out with a press release on the G8 Summit* to take place July 8-10th in L’Aquila, Italy. […]
Cooking Up A Storm For Earthquake Relief
I’ve mentioned before that Bravo’s Top Chef loves the Red Cross (see Andrew’s t-shirt here) and now there’s some tasty proof of the mutual affinity…former competitor Fabio Viviani has been […]
Last Night In Laurelhurst…
…there was an earthquake. It’s no lie; according to this article, about 2,000 Portlanders in Laurelhurst and Ladd’s Addition felt the 2.6 tremor last night at around 9:34 p.m. Given […]
Catching Up In China
One year ago today, our eyes were tuned to the news as we watched a terrible earthquake strike the Sichuan region of China. The earthquake — more powerful than any […]
Earthquake Drill!
We practice the preparedness we preach here at the Red Cross. Today – the final day of Earthquake Preparedness Month – our AmeriCorps team surprised us with the annual office […]
“Big earthquake coming sooner than we thought…”
That’s what the Oregonian headline says. And yes, they may be right. According to geologists it looks like the frequency of big (and I mean BIG) earthquakes in our neck […]
LIDAR: Not a fortune teller machine in a movie.
So, Tom Hanks wasn’t involved in this project, for those of you who got my lame joke. Tools like LIDAR remind me of why I was a demography major in […]
A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words…Italy Earthquake
The image below is from Getty/AFP, and it is incredible. A child is comforted by a Red Cross rescuer in a refugee camp setup just outside the Abruzzo capital of […]