Spaghetti, Dick van Dyke, Foodie survival kits, cake wrecks, and a young conductor in today’s edition of What We’re Reading.
Topics: Disaster
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You can hear American Red Cross worker Matt Marek discussing Haiti, cholera, Tomas, and reconstruction on NPR today.
Hurricane Tomas
We are extremely concerned about the potential impact of Tropical Storm Tomas.
Tips for Tomas on Twitter
We are providing tips in Haitian Creole for cholera prevention and care as well as preparedness tips for Tomas, a storm expected to make landfall in Haiti on Friday.
#CrisisData: The Path Forward
Now, we’d like to present the framework for a path forward. After reviewing the notes, speeches, and wiki feedback from the summit, we’ve outlined 5 areas where we can make headway over the next few months.
Teens Totally Text Tons
If $1 was donated for every text made in a month by American teens, we could provide clean-up and comfort supplies for 100 families of 4.
Home Fires and You
Did you know…. that the American Red Cross responds to more than 63,000 fires each year? that 65% of home fire deaths happen in homes with no smoke alarms or with smoke alarms that don’t work? that last year, fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined?
How Much Does A Hurricane Weigh?
“I don’t know and I don’t care!” That may be what the guy in this video says, but I know YOU feel differently. It depends on whether you measure in …
Happy National Coffee Day
Happy National Coffee Day! We’re gonna need a little extra energy and preparedness to get through this week’s deluge:
Sudden Storm Hits Haiti
[Video] Last Friday, a sudden storm hit Port-au-Prince and destroyed a number of emergency shelters.