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Cost of recent floods, tornadoes and wildfires rises to at least $30 million

redcrossyouth wrote 3 weeks ago: WASHINGTON, Thursday, June 26, 2008 — The American Red Cross response to massive flooding across t … more »

Tags: disaster, fundraiser, National Headquarters, press, Disaster Relief Fund, Fire, Flood, Red Cross, tornado

Is Our Government Handling the Floods in the Midwest Better Than They Handled Hurricane Katrina?

midsouthblack wrote 1 month ago: Is Our Government Handling the Floods in the Midwest Better Than They Handled Hurricane Katrina? Ke … more »

Tags: obama, Barack Obama, Black America, Senator Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, George Bush, Keith Olbermann, John McCain

Communicating Disasters: Seeking common ground for media and disaster managers

Sanjana Hattotuwa wrote 6 months ago: Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book (Edited by Nalaka Gunawardene and Frederick … more »

Tags: ICT in general, ICT4Peace, Interesting stuff, Links, Citizen Journalism, CJ, communications, Crisis Management, ICTS

ICT for Disaster Management: Thoughts on the APDIP e-primer by Chanuka Wattegama

Sanjana Hattotuwa wrote 7 months ago: ICT for Disaster Management, written by Chanuka Wattegama, follows the excellent tradition of e-pri … more »

Tags: ICT in general, ict, SMS, Infoshare, disaster management, APDIP, Chanuka Wattegama, Lirneasia, groove

Who's afraid of citizen journalists? - Chapter from "Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book"4 comments

Sanjana Hattotuwa wrote 7 months ago: “Communicating disasters — before, during and after they happen — is fraught wit … more »

Tags: ICT4Peace, Citizen Journalism, CJ, communications, Crisis Management, ICTS, Journalism, media, Mobiles

Terrorism in America1 comment

patricksperry wrote 9 months ago:  http://texasfred.net/archives/657/trackback/ Where do I start..? Some here know of my background, … more »

Tags: Blogroll, News, Politics, Education, "Stupid is as stupid does", Local Politics Colorado, Contemporary Quotes, Military Science, Immigration

Disaster Response in America: Lessons Learned and Lessons to Learn

oncalltrial wrote 1 year ago: Many of you know that part of my calling as a physician is participating in medical disaster respon … more »

Citizen Communications In Crisis

Patrick Philippe Meier wrote 3 days ago: I recently spoke with Professor Leysia Palen at the University of Colorado, Boulder, about her Crisi … more »

Tags: iBlogs, iMobiles, iNets, iTech, ict, Smart Mobs, Web 2.0

Fires Keep Central Florida Volunteers Busy

maryettaboesl wrote 1 week ago: Volunteers and employees at the American Red Cross of Central Florida (Orlando) were busy during May … more »

Tags: Florida

Mid-Florida Chapters Collaborate on Wildfire Response

maryettaboesl wrote 1 week ago: In response to wildfires raging in Brevard and Volusia Counties, chapters in the Mid-Florida Region … more »

Tags: Florida

Nevada Volunteer Center Honors Disaster Action Teams

maryettaboesl wrote 1 month ago: Volunteers with the Southern Nevada Chapter Disaster Action Teams (DAT) received the 2008 Community … more »

Tags: Awards and Recognition, Nevada

Hospital Grant Leads to Partnership

maryettaboesl wrote 1 month ago: The Northeast Kentucky Chapter (Greenup, Ky.) was awarded a $5,000 grant for local disasters from Ou … more »

Tags: Kentucky

Charter Oak Chapter Receives Praise for Apartment Fire Response

maryettaboesl wrote 1 month ago: The Charter Oak Chapter of Connecticut (Farmington) received excellent coverage in the New London Da … more »

Tags: connecticut

Briefing and Panel Discussion on DSHR Deployment

maryettaboesl wrote 1 month ago: American Red Cross in Greater New York (N.Y.) Disaster Services Human Resources (DSHR) Coordinator J … more »

Tags: New York

The Role of Call Centers in Crisis Situations

AnswerNet wrote 1 month ago: A couple of years ago, I collaborated with Richard Levick of Levick Strategic Communications on an a … more »

Tags: Business Practice, Disaster Recovery, emergency call centers, Inbound, Product Recall

IBM's Disaster Response in Peru - Part 1

eggers wrote 1 month ago: I finally decided to blog my thoughts and experiences as a corporate “sponsored” vol … more »

Tags: volunteerism, Stupid Manager Tricks, Sahana, ica, Pisco!, Perú, Earthquake, disaster management, IBM

Partners Begin a Series of Disaster Response Planning Meetings

maryettaboesl wrote 1 month ago: Representatives from the American Red Cross of Central Florida (Orlando), State Emergency Management … more »

Tags: Florida

ARC/GNY Responds to Crane Collapse

maryettaboesl wrote 1 month ago: A construction crane collapsed, damaging three buildings and destroying a fourth. Several buildings … more »

Tags: New York

Donors Help Chapter Purchase Its Own ERV

maryettaboesl wrote 2 months ago: Recently the Monroe (Mich.) County Chapter received two major gifts to complete the purchase of the … more »

Tags: fundraising, Michigan


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