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Hurricane Sandy
They got power and water back on Sunday PM, but parts of the county
still were blacked out on Monday afternoon. They did get some of their frozen food to the freezer in their church's kitchen and were able to take a hot shower there..... Now the nor'easter with snow is hitting the coast.... Surely do feel sorry for those folks.... Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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Hurricane Sandy
"Jo Wolf" wrote in message ... They got power and water back on Sunday PM, but parts of the county still were blacked out on Monday afternoon. They did get some of their frozen food to the freezer in their church's kitchen and were able to take a hot shower there..... Now the nor'easter with snow is hitting the coast.... Surely do feel sorry for those folks.... Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA Me too. Watching the news last night and a 72 year old woman out in the dark and cold collecting sandwiches from a van I understand a fund has been started to help folk get back on their feet and Lady Gaga donated half a million dollars. ali |
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Hurricane Sandy
There are several such funds, plus Red Cross, Salvation Army, and other
groups providing shelter, food, used and new clothing, blankets, and labor. For many years, FEMA and other agencies and like Red Cross have preached having food and water available for a minimum of three days. This is fine when the structure where they're kept is reletively intact. Doesn't help alot when the house is destroyed. It takes TIME to get relief supplies in and distribution systems, volunteer staff into the area. One of my breed rescue foster moms from Mississippi (Central US, on Gulf of Mexico) is a shelter volunteer, and was recently mobilized for floods in her own region. Now she's up in New York.... but didn't leave home until this weekend.... Her specialty is scheduling volunteer time in shelter operations for multiple shelters. She'll be there for a long time..... My county has number of volunteer disaster teams trained in first aid and clearing destroyed property, trees, etc., and more. One or more teams have been sent..... last week. Teams of electric company line crews, to include a couple of their "cherry picker" trucks were flown in from California by the National Guard. Others drove in.... starting the trip before the storm hit. With lines, trees, buildings and poles down all over the place, getting power lines back up is slow work. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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