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Veterans impacted by Mendocino Complex Discover Resources at Red Cross Shelter

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By Susanne Lafaver, Red Cross volunteer

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Dean and Patrica Ebbeson chatted with Red Cross volunteer Kathleen Maclay about the time they spent in the military.
Photo credit: Virginia Becker | American Red Cross

When Lakeport residents Dean and Patricia Ebbeson evacuated to a Red Cross shelter after fleeing the Mendocino Complex Fire, they found safety and comfort amid an almost celebratory atmosphere, and also came across valuable new military veteran benefits. Read more

Snapshots from Red Cross Shelter at Middletown High School

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By Susanne Lafaver, Red Cross volunteer

Many first-time Lake County fire evacuees sought shelter at the American Red Cross shelter at Middletown High School during the Mendocino Complex Fire.

42909540625_2179569b2a_k“We didn’t know what to expect,” said Daniel Waggoner of Lakeport. “We felt welcomed right away. The Red Cross really cared about my wife and me, and didn’t leave us until they were we each had a cot, blanket, toiletries, water, snacks, and everything we needed.” Read more

Opportunity to get involved in helping at Red Cross Volunteer Intake Center

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By Kathleen Maclay, Red Cross volunteer

With hundreds seeking Red Cross help as Northern California wildfires have forced residents to evacuate, the American Red Cross is offering a one-stop Volunteer Intake Center (VIC) in the Lake County community of Middletown from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Saturday, August 4. Maybe longer. Read more

In the shadow of a volcano

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By Barbara Wood

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Red Cross volunteer Barbara Wood of Woodside works in Hilo, Hawaii, with Eric Mondero of San Diego in the Red Cross headquarters where the work of other volunteers helping the island respond to ongoing volcanic activity is coordinated. (Photo: Karl Matzke, American Red Cross volunteer)

Kilauea has long been a tourist attraction on the “big island” of Hawaii, a volcano within a national park that has been erupting with generally benign regularity since 2008.

In Hawaiian mythology Kilauea’s Halema’uma’u crater is the home, and the embodiment, of Pele, the goddess of fire and volcanoes. As part of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, tourists regularly hike Pele’s flanks.

On May 3, however, everything changed. Soon after volcanic fissures began opening up under homes and farmland in the Leilani Estates neighborhood of the district of Puna, and earthquakes began coming almost too fast for the U.S. Geological Survey to register them, residents were evacuated, structures destroyed, roads closed and the Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) a geothermal energy plant that supplied a quarter of the island’s power was shut down, perhaps forever. Read more

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