Japanese earthquake info
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effex* The Red Cross has set up a donation page specifically for Japan. USians can text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10. Canadians can do the same by texting REDCROSS to 30333. It can take a while for texted donations to process, though, so donate directly through the website if you can.
* CNET has a long list of online resources for finding people and tracking the tsunami.
* Al Jazeera continues to rock the good reporting. They're also covering events live and live blogging here.
* Great Tohoku Earthquake - Info, news and live updates, mostly for English speakers inside Japan.
* George Takei is doing a lot of tweeting about the earthquake - I'm getting most of my disaster relief info from him.
* The NHK and Japan Times Online both have ongoing coverage.
* All Things Nuclear has an analysis of the Nuclear Crisis at Fukushima.
eta: plus a couple of links from around DW:
*glass_icarus has a link roundup.
*kerri has a post about ways to donate.
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eta 2:
* There're rumbling's going around about the Red Cross's treatment of queer folk, which I'm taking with a grain of salt (no references, googling doesn't turn up much, the Red Cross/Red Crescent societies are individual by country, etc). If you're looking for a RC alternative, though, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins sans Frontieres is an excellent organization.
eta 3:
* Gizmodo (I know, but it's a guest blogger) reminds us that Japan hasn't actually asked for outside help yet (aside from some search and rescue teams, I think) and they money we're donating now isn't actually going to Japan. Except for Doctors Without Borders. Maybe.
* CNET has a long list of online resources for finding people and tracking the tsunami.
* Al Jazeera continues to rock the good reporting. They're also covering events live and live blogging here.
* Great Tohoku Earthquake - Info, news and live updates, mostly for English speakers inside Japan.
* George Takei is doing a lot of tweeting about the earthquake - I'm getting most of my disaster relief info from him.
* The NHK and Japan Times Online both have ongoing coverage.
* All Things Nuclear has an analysis of the Nuclear Crisis at Fukushima.
eta: plus a couple of links from around DW:
*
glass_icarus has a link roundup.*
kerri has a post about ways to donate.*
help_japan / help_japaneta 2:
* There're rumbling's going around about the Red Cross's treatment of queer folk, which I'm taking with a grain of salt (no references, googling doesn't turn up much, the Red Cross/Red Crescent societies are individual by country, etc). If you're looking for a RC alternative, though, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins sans Frontieres is an excellent organization.
eta 3:
* Gizmodo (I know, but it's a guest blogger) reminds us that Japan hasn't actually asked for outside help yet (aside from some search and rescue teams, I think) and they money we're donating now isn't actually going to Japan. Except for Doctors Without Borders. Maybe.
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Date: 2011-03-12 03:47 am (UTC)Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami
Your gift to the American Red Cross will support our disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific. On those rare occasions when donations exceed American Red Cross expenses for a specific disaster, contributions are used to prepare for and serve victims of other disasters.
That's from the donation page you link; they're pretty reputable, so I doubt they'd fudge the truth. Not that it matters in any case -- I'm sure all donations will all do some good, right?