BikePortland.org � Blog Archive � The next frontier for cargo bikes: Disaster response

BikePortland.org � Blog Archive � The next frontier for cargo bikes: Disaster response: From the citizen-led Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NET), to an embrace of bikes as disaster response vehicles by City of Portland officials, there's a growing effort in Portland to ensure that bikes play a key role in the response effort when a major earthquake or other disaster strikes. There's even a cargo bike/disaster-themed Pedalpalooza ride in the works

A very long basketball game, played for a cause

A very long basketball game, played for a cause: Chuck Williams of Wildwood, one of the organizers of a 110-hour basketball game intended to break a Guinness record and raise $250,000 for Joplin tornado victims, said some of the 24 players who started their game at 5 a.m. Wednesday had only found an hour here and there to doze off, sometimes while lying on a medical table overlooking the court.

Metro - Harper visits tsunami-devastated area in Japan

Metro - Harper visits tsunami-devastated area in Japan: URIAGE, Japan - Stephen Harper got a first-hand look at the devastation caused by last year's powerful earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

The prime minister made a stop Monday in the small town of Yuriage, outside of Sendai.