Check out this amazing data visualization tool some smarties at MIT came up with. They call it Personas. Try putting in “American Red Cross.” The results are incredible. Hat tip: @momanmars
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We have a lot going on across the country this week. I thought it might be easiest to see a glimpse of our multiple responses in the form of a map. View Larger Map
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Drumroll, please. 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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: Get the LAFD News & Information widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Twitter feed for #LAFire Get the #LAFIRE – Twitter Search [...]
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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: View Larger Map You can stay tuned to [...]
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View Larger Map 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 [...]
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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. View Larger Map Visit their Gulf Coast Shelter Information page for a real-time map of shelters that are available to the public. Find contact [...]
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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 [...]
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View Larger Map 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 [...]
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