Red Cross Chat

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Yesterday here at headquarters, the inaugural American Red Cross Humanitarian Award was bestowed upon Younis Al-Khatib (President, Palestine Red Crescent Society) and Noam Yifrach (Chairman of the Executive Committee, Magen David Adom in Israel) for the historic work they have accomplished in establishing a formal, ongoing collaboration which has resulted in a more thoroughly […]

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Just outside of Charlotte, NC, a small town by the name of Red Cross is bustling and growing.
There’s nary a mention of it on Wikipedia, but it’s been there since 2002. We have a call into their town council to find out how they came to be named.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, […]

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Information resources for the Southern California wildfires. The feed boxes will update every few minutes to reflect new information.
Los Angeles Chapter map of active shelters
Feed for LAFD Blog:
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Twitter feed for #LAFire
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Yesterday LAFD’s Brian Humphrey was writing an eloquent blog post for us about Fire Prevention Week.
Today, he’s helping to fight the wildfires that have flared up near Los Angeles. He’s created this map to show the evacuation area and the location of the Red Cross Shelter:

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You can stay tuned to breaking news by […]

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This map breaks down by state the home fires the American Red Cross responded to between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.
The total number of house fires = 65,391
Find your state, click on the fire icon, and add your story to the map (email Wendy Harman, HarmanW@usa.redcross.org, to become a collaborator).
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Google’s site for hurricane victims will not jeopardize their unofficial corporate slogan: “Don’t Be Evil.” Online shelter mapping is a great example of how their technology can benefit Red Cross work.

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Visit their Gulf Coast Shelter Information page for a real-time map of shelters that are available to the public. Find contact information and […]

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We’ve opened an online newsroom for Hurricane Ike.

Subscribe here for real time updates about the Red Cross response as well as all of our real time media assets - photos, videos, audio, and text.
External Resources:
Check out Weather Underground’s storm surge models:

NOAA’s 3 day cone as of 4 pm today:

Flickr photos tagged “Ike”
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The 4 points on the map above show the 4 operational headquarters we’ve set up to stage supplies, people, and response efforts.Gustav’s track shifted west a bit overnight. We are as ready as we can be to respond to what could be a wide geographic area.
Here’s a sample of what we’re pre-positioning:

Moving nearly […]

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Red Cross Headquarters is spinning up like a hurricane itself today in preparation for what looks like a scary storm.

Stay tuned here for more information about Red Cross’s readiness (meaning what assets we’re moving where to anticipate service delivery) and, once the storm hits, for response information and resources.
For now, if it looks like you’re […]

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Fay made her 4th landfall over the weekend.
4th!
Attention has shifted away from her weird and wet wrath and towards Denver for the DNC this morning, but we are still on the ground all over Florida (Google Map of Shelters).
Please continue to follow our Online Newsroom for all info regarding service delivery.

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