By Gordon Williams
Pictures by Norman Bottenberg
Some Red Cross volunteers, now aiding hurricane victims in Texas or Florida, can date their first deployment to Superstorm Sandy in 2012. For others the first deployment was to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. For Norm Bottenberg, of Sammamish WA, the first deployment was the eruption of Mount St. Helen on May 18, 1980–more than 37 years ago. Continue reading
Published: Tuesday, September 19
American Red Cross officials encourage residents directly affected by Friday’s four-alarm fire at the Carriage House Apartment Complex to contact them for assistance by calling 206-323-2345. Continue reading
By Gordon Williams
It was 9:30 on a Monday night–barely 48 hours after Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida–when the phone rang in the Everson, WA home of Dale and Audrey Snapper. Continue reading
By Gordon Williams
Published on September 11, 2017
Key West, Florida is 2,722 miles from Seattle–about as far apart as two cities in the continental United States can be. Yet that distance proved to be no obstacle when volunteers from the Northwest Region joined the army of Red Cross workers heading south to help the victims of Hurricane Irma. Continue reading
By Gordon Williams
The value of a map lays in its ability to deliver heaps of information to the user with just a glance: Distance, terrain, points of interest, population density and what the surrounding countryside is like. Continue reading
by Gordon Williams
Pictures by Gordon Williams
The Red Cross relies on many skills in carrying out its mission: disaster responders and first aid teachers, mass care workers and water safety instructors. But did you know that in fulfilling one critical element of its mission, the Red Cross relies on trained medical technicians known as phlebologists? Continue reading
by Gordon Williams
Visit just one fire scene, work your way through one burned-out dwelling, and you’ll understand why every second counts when a home catches fire. Continue reading
