Be Safe in Hawaii and the West Coast

[Matt Howard]

The West coast should be in pretty good shape. A good gauge of coming weather in a coastal city, is "What is the Navy doing?"

If you see Navy ships in port, you're going to be fine. If you see ships pulling out, or no ships at all, go East. Fast.

[Bob Steele]

Thanks for thinking of us!!
Washington coast... predicts maybe about a 2 foot increase..
In Puget sound it should be even less... I didn't notice anything actually when they said it hit... went down to the beach later..

Pretty windy anyway... so waves are waves...

Thanks again for keeping us in your thoughts....

We should all be sending prayers and good vibes to the people of Japan...

R

[Mrs.Drake343]

I am so glad it didn't amount to much for everyone here! However the situation in Japan is really sad and scary! I've experienced a pathetic little 3.1 tremor a few years back that scared me to death! I can't even begin to imagine how scary it is in Japan, especially with all the aftershocks!

I wonder what we in the FIRST community could do for everyone in Japan?

[wendymom]

Originally Posted by Mrs.Drake343

I am so glad it didn't amount to much for everyone here! However the situation in Japan is really sad and scary! I've experienced a pathetic little 3.1 tremor a few years back that scared me to death! I can't even begin to imagine how scary it is in Japan, especially with all the aftershocks!

I wonder what we in the FIRST community could do for everyone in Japan?

Exploding Bacon will be passing the piggy banks at the Florida Regional and donating the money to the Red Cross for Earthquake/Tsunami relief

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by wendymom

Exploding Bacon will be passing the piggy banks at the Florida Regional and donating the money to the Red Cross for Earthquake/Tsunami relief

If the Red Cross may or may not be working with Japan, any ideas on organizations who are? This is something our teams is looking to pick up since our school supplies to Afghanistan program is coming to an end with our contact's deployment coming to a close.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Mrs.Drake343

I wonder what we in the FIRST community could do for everyone in Japan?

Do what 1902 is doing and collect money for the Red Cross for tsunami/earthquake relief. Those pigs know how to fly into the face of danger without getting their bacon sizzled.

Jane

[Mrs.Drake343]

Wendy, I heard the piggy bank announcement over the web cast! Bring your piggy bank to Palmetto! I'll be attending Peachtree this weekend and I will make sure we get a collection jar going. I will also see to it at North Carolina.

Everyone else, make sure there is a piggy bank at your regional for donations for the Red Cross.

Let's all give money in honor of all the FLL teams in Japan!

[Cory]

Just so everyone knows, as of yesterday the Japanese Red Cross hadn't actually asked the American Red Cross for assistance. So any money donated may or may not go to Japan, though the Red Cross is certainly still a good cause to support.

[vigkvagkv2]

We didn't get hit very hard here on the west coast. A few docks got their boats destroyed, but that's the most damage. The problem is that in some places on the coasts, some of those boats are fishing boats that people use to feed their families. Unfortunatly, I also heard that someone got pulled under who was trying to videotape the tsunami as it was coming in. As far as I can tell, that's all the bad things that happened here. Not nearly as bad as Japan have it, but sad either way.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Cory

Just so everyone knows, as of yesterday the Japanese Red Cross hadn't actually asked the American Red Cross for assistance. So any money donated may or may not go to Japan, though the Red Cross is certainly still a good cause to support.

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/...89f0870aRCR D