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  • Radio-seeking drone


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    DatzHott.com - "Where Everything Cool is Hott!" TRAQ is a senior project from a group of Northeastern University engineering students; it’s a quadcopter that seeks out and homes in on radio signals. As they write, “The quadcopter’s potential applications include disaster relief, surveillance, ...
    5 days ago
  • Four NGOs Launch Housing Competition to Aid Disaster Survivors


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    The American Institute of Architects ( AIA ), Make It Right, St. Bernard Project and Architecture for Humanity has formed a strategic partnership to launch “Designing Recovery,” an ideas competition created to aid in the rebuild of sustainable and resilient communities. The competition will take place in ...
    5 days ago
  • The Cheesecake Factory “gives back” to aid tornado victims


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    OKLAHOMA – Recently, Operation Blessing teams in Moore, Okla., received a call requesting help for a family whose home was in danger of falling into a river swollen with rain and littered with debris from two massive tornadoes. The water had flooded the river’s banks and erosion soon claimed one outbuilding and ...
    6 days ago
  • Haute 100 NY Update: Bloomberg Proposes $20 Billion Flood Plan


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    Mayor Michel Bloomberg proposed a $20 billion plan for NYC to ameliorate Hurricane Sandy’s damage and prevent future destruction. The multi-billion dollar system includes flood barriers, bulkheads, dune systems, and building codes all over New York City. Bloomberg’s well-researched plan references environmental ...
    6 days ago
  • Airbnb Creates Disaster Relief Tool to Help Victims Locate Free Shelter


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    Airbnb is a great way to find inexpensive accommodations while traveling, but the company recently created a new tool to help victims of disasters. The company has just launched a Disaster Response tool that will ask Airbnb hosts if they’d like to offer up their rooms at no cost when disaster strikes. Available ...
    6 days ago
  • Airbnb does good, dedicates a section of its site to disaster-relief housing


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    Last year when Hurricane Sandy hit New York, hosts at Airbnb opened up their homes to help those affected by the storm and offered them free shelter. The startup, so moved by the behavior, jumped on the trend and ultimately helped users gain access to 1,400 free or discounted places to stay via a quick hack to its ...
    1 week ago
  • Macys And Got Your 6 Announce Huge Fundraising Results For Veterans‏


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    National veteran campaign Got Your 6 and leading national retailer Macy’s have announced early fundraising results from Macy’s “American Icons” campaign. Sheryl Crow spotted wearing a Got Your 6 pin while performing at the Macys "American Icons" launch event Credit/Copyright: Got Your 6 The campaign ...
    1 week ago
  • Snyder seeks presidential disaster declaration to assist 16 counties in wake of recent flooding


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    LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder has requested the president to declare a major disaster for the state of Michigan as a result of severe flood damage that occurred in 16 counties from April 16 to May 14. Affected counties are Allegan, Barry, Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Ionia, Kent, Keweenaw, Marquette, Midland, Muskegon, ...
    1 week ago
  • Saturday


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    Apology – Yesterday afternoon, I realized I did not “publish” The Prayer Link when it was completed.  I’m sorry.  I suppose I was thinking about what was going to happen with VBS yesterday.  I will get this published right away.   “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you ...
    1 week ago
  • Pounds of Prevention – Focus on South Asia Monsoon Flooding


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    In this installment of USAID’s Pounds of Prevention series, we explore how monsoon rains are both a vital part of life and a potential source of floods. Read more >>
    1 week ago
  • Oklahoma tornadoes raise questions on future of disaster funding


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    Natural disasters have no political boundaries. Historically, funding to help American communities recover from natural disasters has come from the federal government, and it typically received bipartisan support. It has always been considered as emergency funding, which is not subject to the usual budgetary rules. ...
    1 week ago
  • David Walliams Wants British Prime Minister To Tackle Hunger


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    IF campaign supporter David Walliams joined 100 school children yesterday to meet Prime Minister David Cameron and call for action to tackle global hunger . The Prime Minister was presented with specially crafted plates from each of the children attending, representing more than 30,000 plates that have been ...
    1 week ago
  • How to Apply for Grant for Disaster Relief


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    Increasingly frequent natural disaster due to global change has also increase the demand of grants for disaster relief . As the world becomes warmer and hotter, thanks to what so-called greenhouse gases, the climate change also influences the behavior of nature around us. This change leads to more frequent nature ...
    1 week ago
  • Hyundai Helps Tornado Victims with $200,000 Donation


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    Hyundai is planning to donate $200,000 to the American Red Cross to support those affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma.  This money will be used to help prepare hot meals and shelters for victims without homes, as well as help to clear debris and begin rebuilding. John Krafcik, President and CEO, Hyundai Motor ...
    1 week ago
  • Japanese Noah’s Ark lifeboat lets you survive a tsunami


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    After the abrupt increase in the intensity of natural disasters like Tsunami, hurricanes, typhoon and floods there has been a keen interest for creating disaster shelters and rigs that help you survive any kind of apocalypse. For example the Life Armor and Archelon Emergency Capsule which are specifically designed to ...
    1 week ago
  • Oklahoma Tornado Victims Aided by Shelter Donation from Alaska Structures Inc.


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    22 military-style portable structures contributed in partnership with AmeriCares KIRKLAND, Wash., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – On Sunday May 19 th , an EF4 tornado struck near the city of Shawnee , Oklahoma, damaging or destroying more than 30 homes, killing one person and injuring six others. The following ...
    2 weeks ago
  • The Goodness of America as Revealed in Moore, Oklahoma


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    The goodness of America as revealed in Moore Oklahoma…. During Lynn and my visit to Moore, we met volunteers from all across America, many of whom took vacation time and paid their own way to help neighbors in distress. Meet some of them in this 2 1/2 minute video…   This coming together, regardless of political ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Samaritan’s Purse in Oklahoma


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    2 weeks ago
  • Las Vegas A-Cafe to Host Talk by Organizer/Author Scott Crow Co-Founder of the Common Ground Collective at UNLV


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    The Las Vegas Anarchist Cafe will be hosting a presentation by Scott Crow , in Las Vegas at UNLV’s Frank and Estella Beam Hall (room 105) on June 5th. The Common Ground Collective is an anarchist inspired grassroots organization founded in New Orleans to provide disaster relief after Hurricane Katrina. Crow ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Las Vegas A-Cafe to Host Talk by Organizer/Author Scott Crow Co-Founder of the Common Ground Collective at UNLV


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    The Las Vegas Anarchist Cafe will be hosting a presentation by Scott Crow , in Las Vegas at UNLVs Frank and Estella Beam Hall (room 105) on June 5th. The Common Ground Collective is an anarchist inspired grassroots organization founded in New Orleans to provide disaster relief after Hurricane Katrina. Crow uses ...
    2 weeks ago

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