Red Cross Chat

Red Cross volunteer Larry Fortmuller is on the ground in California responding to the wildfires in Northern California.
Here’s what he has to say about the situation out there:
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Red Crosser Joe Hansen mobilized to Corpus Christi, TX late yesterday afternoon where he’s now riding out Hurricane Dolly.
Listen to Joe from the ground:
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On the same day 12 years apart, a storm named Bertha became a hurricane.
Here is Tampa Bay Chapter’s Pam Bartley to tell us about the first storm:
AUDIO
>>  Pam Bartley

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AUDIO
>> Jimmie Briggs
Recap by Claire Johnson:
I heard an astounding statistic the other day. 1 in 10 soldiers world-wide are under 18 years old. There are children in our world who witness violence and participate in violence every day. Sometimes in my little bubble, I just don’t imagine that this is possible.
Jimmie Briggs has been meeting […]

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Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there.
We have lots of volunteer dads helping those affected by the flooding and tornadoes throughout the central United States
(with 1100 Red Cross workers and over 900 of them volunteers, of course there are lots of dads out there).
One of them, Larry Fortmiller from California, describes why he’s […]

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We’ve been using a service called Utterz to get real-time audio updates from the field. Below you can listen to a handful of the reports we have coming in from the flood region in the central United States.
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Joe Hansen from the ground in Iowa
Iowa Shelter Resident Larry Dobbins Describes His Experience
John Young […]

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Music legend and humanitarian Quincy Jones was so deeply affected by reports coming out of Myanmar and China that he called us up (meaning his people talked to our people) and asked how he could help us raise awareness.
We quickly put together a PSA and got it recorded in under two days.
Here’s my colleague Seth talking about the […]

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Dear Readers,
We need your input on an ethical dilemma we faced this week regarding social media and client privacy in disaster situations.
We hope you will chime in with your opinions in the comments.
Three tornadoes ripped through southeastern Virginia on Monday. Thankfully no one was killed, but many were injured and many more homes were destroyed.
When this sort […]

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Mobile post sent by AmericanRedCross using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

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Mobile post sent by AmericanRedCross using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

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