This has not been a good autumn. There have been far too many weather-related catastrophes. Yesterday, there was a nor'easter that dumped a ton of snow on New England, New York and New Jersey. Before that, there was Hurricane Sandy. Before that, there was an earthquake in Canada that threatened Alaska, Hawaii and the entire Pacific coast with ( Read more... )

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This article at Moconews.net reports that those wanting to donate by mobile phone can do so this way ( Read more... )

Al-Jazeera.net has a live blog about the earthquake. If you're worried about people over there--and I know I am--here's the situation. At this point, electricity and phones are RARITIES ( Read more... )

Anyone in Japan or Oklahoma, please let me know if you're okay? I've been hearing a lot today about a) the earthquake and tsunami and b) wildfires, and I'm scared.

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The American Red Cross is taking donations. You can even specify where you want the donation to go.

The British Red Cross has a disaster fund, if not a special fund for the earthquake victims.

The Salvation Army is accepting monetary donations.

Convoy of Hope is already helping the earthquake and tsunami victims, and is accepting donationsETA ( Read more... )

Go here:

http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en

This is Google's Person Finder. In the aftermath of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan Friday, Google has launched a Japanese, Chinese and English-language Person Finder tool to help victims and ( Read more... )