Tag: earthquake
A little Blog-Love for an Incomparable Three
On Monday in Lake Oswego, a fair at a retirement community represented an extraordinary collaboration between three parties I greatly respect.Party #1: The American Red CrossNow I’m a bit biased […]
Prepare-aphernalia: Office Edition
Here on the blog we spend a lot of time talking about being prepared. We’re pretty sure that a magnitude 9 or so earthquake (that will cause extensive damage and […]
All hail the new Prophet of Doom in Oregon!
There’s an awesome article by Bruce Barcott in the October issue of Outside Magazine called “TOTALLY PSYCHED FOR THE FULL-RIP NINE”, about a Cascadia earthquake and its effects at the […]
Earthquake Fish
Throw it Back! (http://ht.ly/6pwLu) Here at the Red Cross we’ve always been interested in Busting Myths but today, I’m just interested in some excellent, highly cultural myths to sink my […]
Friday Final Cut
It has been a busy week in this post-Hurricane, post-Earthquake, pre-Velociraptor society, with a plethora of stories we weren’t able to blog. So here’s your final cut… everything that we […]
Finding Faults…on Mt. Hood
Ian Madin and his team have found a previously undetected seismic fault that appears to be both active and dangerous on the northern flank of Mount Hood. Madin, the chief […]
Earthquake Tips: Don’t Run Out of the Building
Evacuation is a really interesting concept in earthquakes. Growing up in Southern California we always learned to DROP to the ground; take COVER by getting under a sturdy table or […]
They’ve Got The Power
Um, what??… Korean scientists think they have determined what caused a 39-story Seoul skyscraper to shake violently for 10 minutes, causing the building to be evacuated for two days. Earthquake? […]
Time To Drink And Donate!
Let’s talk drinking and donating for a minute. Here’s a simple chart: Water + Donating Blood = Good Alcohol + Donating Blood = Bad Soda + Donating Change = Awesome […]
Personal Messages From Japan
This was brought to my attention by @ChrisRotvik, who has been doing some volunteer work with the Red Cross. The video comes from the Twitter blog, where they shared the […]