Reminder: You can follow local Red Cross Twitter accounts or Red Cross workers.
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Painting a Village (time lapse video for Haiti)
For scientists, Chile becomes the ideal lab for studying seismic activity
Our Red Cross tweeters in Haiti: @MatMorgan (American Red Cross), @TimoLue and @Tammamo (International Federation)
Haiti and the tyranny of technology
Successfully countering a secular tradition in Rwanda
Our legacy
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National Hurricane Center issues changes for 2010
Profile of satellite company that set up communication services for us in Haiti
Google Apps now disaster proof? – from Techrunch
Calling All the Saints – by Dino Jag
Don’t Mess with Chile – tees for a cause from DieHard Threads
Lindsey Vonn skis and poles on auction via Ellen Degeneres for Haiti [...]
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That’s right. We have our very own month. Starting with Franklin D Roosevelt in 1943, every sitting President has proclaimed March as Red Cross Month.
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A Tsunami warning is in effect for Hawaii. Expected landfall is about 11am local time (4pm ET).
You can follow the Hawaii Red Cross chapter on Twitter: http://twitter.com/hawaiiredcross
Registering with the Safe and Well Web site is an easy way to notify loved ones of your well-being during a tsunami evacuation (US only)
If you have time before [...]
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A collection of some of our favorite links from around the web today.
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American Red Cross volunteer Bonnie Gillespie just returned from a 3 week deployment to Haiti. Her moving personal reflections are in the video below.
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American Red Cross worker Mat Morgan is in Haiti. He climbed to a rooftop to give a video journal account of what he’s seen and how relief is progressing.
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A lot of people ask will I return to Haiti. This morning, pangs of wanting to be there washed over me when Red Crosser Mat Morgan rang up while en route to Cite Soleil. I miss Haiti. I miss the people. I miss feeling inspired, in awe, in the thick of it,
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Every donated dollar will be spent on relief in Haiti; because of the generosity of our donors, people in Haiti will receive resources, support and training from the Red Cross that will help them recover and rebuild in the years ahead.
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