http://www.metafilter.com/tags/americanredcross Posts tagged with 'americanredcross' at MetaFilter. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:03:05 -0800 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:03:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74207/Escaped%2Da%2Ddisaster%2DTell%2Deveryone Whether you're fleeing <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/08/17/fay/index.html">tropical storm Fay</a> - which is currently heading for Florida - or you've just been airlifted out of the Grand Canyon due to the the recent <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/17/arizona.dam/index.html">flooding due to a dam breach</a>, or even "none of the above/other", the American Red Cross has a way for you to let folks know you're <a href="https://disastersafe.redcross.org/">Safe and Sound</a>. You can search for people in the list by family name, pre-disaster phone number, and pre-disaster address. <small>Also, the American Red Cross has a <a href="https://twitter.com/RedCross">twitter feed</a>. But I don't think twitter being down counts as a disaster...</small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74207 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:03:05 -0800 americanredcross disaster safeandsound rmd1023 http://www.metafilter.com/34861/Preparation%2DT <a href="http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?pageTypeId=8199&amp;channelId=-13260&amp;P=WCA&amp;contentId=16903&amp;contentType=GSA_BASIC">Are You Ready?</a> September will be National Preparedness Month, with an announcement on Sept. 9th. <i>Throughout September 2004, the US Department of Homeland Security, American Red Cross, American Prepared Campaign, the National Association of Broadcasters, the US Department of Education and other partners, will host a series of events to highlight the importance of citizen emergency preparedness.</i> Nothing like keeping us scared, huh? And it's only <b>3 years</b> since 9/11--you think they could have done this sooner maybe? There's a <a href="http://www.americaprepared.org/pdf/NPM_calendar.pdf">skimpy calendar</a> (PDF), with Parade Magazine, Starbucks and NASCAR mentioned. And for the kids, a <a href="http://www.americaprepared.org/ready.html">Ready Deputy contest.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34861 Sun, 08 Aug 2004 15:02:07 -0800 americanredcross homelandsecurity preparedness terrorism amberglow