Hurricane Angel

Wow. I just listened to this song by Ellis Paul.  It’s soulful, folk-driven, and pretty intense. I think you’ll recognize from the lyrics that it was written just after Hurricane […]

Who wants to make these for me?…Please?

Last week we brought you a rad hurricane t-shirt, but you know what? It’s starting to get a bit too chilly for t-shirts (at least without a jacket).  So it’s […]

Meet Hurricane Bear

Have you seen Hurricane Bear? He’s the costume bear that bizarrely walked on camera during news coverage of Hurricane Ike in Galveston, and various versions of this video have been […]

Today is the day we need your help.

Are you participating in the “roadblock” today? If so, please let us know in the comments. We made some dramatic changes to our homepage for today, and today’s blog will […]

Crystle, Meet Daphne.

Some of you correctly guessed that this photo was of Daphne Mathew – our esteemed Pacific NW Blood Region communications director who is currently responding to Hurricane Ike in Galveston, TX.  Well, […]

Another Mapstravaganza. Thanks, Google!

Google rocks! They made an interactive map of all the shelters on the gulf coast. You can click on the icons for details about each shelter.  And speaking of maps […]

Hurricanes Are Haters

Not too long ago, reader Pap commented that the Red Cross needs some cooler t-shirts. I pointed him in the direction of the American Red Cross Loves Threadless competition (you […]

The Fishies Are Swimming In Our House Now, Right?

As you know, Texas took a beating from Hurricane Ike this weekend. I was tracking it minute-by-minute via these twitter channels. (Yeah, pretty intense.) Here’s a quick round-up of eye-witness reports: […]

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

Hopefully you took the time to watch the animation that Robin posted yesterday that illustrates the different hurricane intensities. But for those of you who don’t like what may be […]