Catherine Kane reflects from this morning’s service at the Pentagon:

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I recently spoke to Ramsey Rayyis, our representative in China, when he was back in Sichuan Province – the area most affected by the May 2008 earthquake. Listen here:

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AUDIO >> Jeffery Biggs is on the ground in Enterprise, AL The tornado occurred around 11:50 a.m. Wednesday. A tornado warning sounded for Coffee County and the National Weather Service initially reported the warning would last until 12:17 p.m. The storm then moved into and continued in Dale County.

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– This post is by Maya Chawla, Headquarters employee visiting Ike response effort in Texas >> AUDIO: Maya Chawla at Houston’s mega shelter This morning, as I approached the Mega Shelter in Houston, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. Never have I seen an abandoned superstore turned mega shelter housing anywhere from 800 to [...]

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  >> AUDIO: Red Crosser Jason Broaddus performs first-aid. While paying for gas at a gas station, located in Rochelle, Illinois, I performed first aid for a lady who smashed her thumb in her car door. I had a Red Cross first aid kit in my car ready for action and it worked perfectly. broaddusj‘s [...]

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  >>AUDIO Actress Andrea Bowen comes to headquarters Andrea Bowen visited Red Cross headquarters today and was kind enough to record an Utter! Here she explains her interest in the Red Cross and why she thinks service is important for all youth. Mobile post sent by AmericanRedCross using Utterli.  Replies.  mp3

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- Post by Mathew Morgan, National Youth Council Member  Ever wondered how the Online Newsrooms work? You know… those web pages that offer up-to-date information about and personal accounts from each hurricane? The thought did not cross my mind until a few days ago. I began volunteering to help the social media response to Hurricane [...]

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I implore you to press play below to listen a report from an Ike shelter by Red Cross worker Jana Sweeny. >> Jana Sweeny Audio Also, take a look in the left column of this blog to see our audio player. You can hear all the reports coming in from the Ike response by clicking [...]

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-W. David Stephenson  Hi! I’m honored to be a guest blogger this week, especially given the full plate of hurricanes facing the southeast! It’s not well known, but even during Katrina and 9/11 in Manhattan, text messages were often able to get through when conventional, especially broadcast and landline, communications failed. Why? Because, going over [...]

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If you’re a regular reader here you’re probably expecting this announcement by now. We’ve opened an Online Newsroom that will offer all our stats, shelter location info, photos, videos, audio, and press releases from the affected area. Please subscribe now so you’ll be on top of our response as the storm blows closer to shore.

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