Tag: video
Holiday Safety With Fire Marshall Bill
Speaking of holidays gone wrong and how to make them a little safer, I spotted this video today and thought it might bring a smile to those of you who […]
Consolation Prize: A Volcano Video
Well, I didn’t win the Oregon’s Greatest Natural Disasters book in this morning’s gift exchange, but I did find a cool volcano video to cheer myself up! Check it out. […]
To Snow – or – Not to Snow
Blood Services is a little nervous about the projected cold snap that’s expected to arrive this weekend. Just one day of funky weather can create a deficit in our collections. […]
11-Year-Old Gathers 30,000 Holiday Cards!
I’m about to mail off a big envelop filled with the 50+ cards we made for the Holiday Mail For Heroes project. (Once I find the stamps…) But 50 cards […]
Christmas Trees Are Very Very Flammable
A Christmas Tree is basically a giant pile of firewood unless you take care of it. I just watched this video on Scott Zeilenga’s When Safety Fails blog: Eek. Watch […]
Artists’ Firsthand Accounts of the California Wildfires
[Re-posting since I accidentally left some links out yesterday.] Some things are irreplaceable. Awards you’ve won. Paintings you’ve created. The sense of home you built up in a place over […]
Somewhere James Brown Is Smiling…
The safety songs for kids genre is a uniquely odd and amusing thing. Valuable, no doubt. (In fact, we know of at least one instance where a song definitely saved […]
Blood: Where Science Meets That Warm Fuzzy Feeling
Ooh, I just read some fun facts in today’s Wired article about the first blood transfusions in the 1600’s! Yeah, that’s right, they did blood transfusions way back then. But […]
Staying Connected With TroopTube
So you’re a fan of the Red Cross’ Service to Armed Forces on Facebook. You’ve already mailed your holiday card. Maybe it’s about time you made a video. According to […]
How To Put Out A Cooking Fire
This short video from the British Fire Brigade is pretty powerful. Watching it could very well save your life. (Note: The narrator talks about a “chip pan.” I think that’s what […]