Helping in Haiti

Our family donates to the Red Cross, Descartes having seen them in action when he lost his family home in the Berkeley/Oakland Hills fire.

They have made it very simple to donate. Simply text Haiti to 90999 to donate $10.00 to Red Cross efforts. It will be billed to your mobile phone bill.

I also received the following list of charities from Lucy's school. It was compiled by the National Association of Independent Schools.

• Mercy Corps
• Save the Children
• International Red Cross
• World Vision
• Catholic Relief Services
• UNICEF
• International Medical Corps
• Network for Good
• CARE
• Operation USA
• Operation Blessing International
• Convoy of Hope
• The Global Syndicate
• GlobalGiving
• Beyond Borders
• Network for Good

3.7 Quake!

Okay, Okay! I will now go buy the rest of the supplies for our earthquake kit!

Flashlights that plug in then go on when there is a power outage number one on the list.

5.6 Earthquake!

We just had an earthquake a bit ago and what do you know, our first response, after determining that we didn't need to go save any children, was to go to the usgs.gov and check out its stats! Nerd Alert!

If you felt it please log in your details... helps the USGS make better shake maps.

oh and go visit Can I Sit With You? while you are at it!