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Old November 7th 12, 10:38 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Jo Wolf
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Default 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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Old November 9th 12, 01:19 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Alison[_3_]
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Default Hurricane Sandy


"Jo Wolf" wrote in message
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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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Old November 9th 12, 10:47 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Jo Wolf
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Default 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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Old November 10th 12, 09:17 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Jo Wolf
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Default Hurricane Sandy

This is the newsletter post that AKC put out Friday. No one shelter got
a huge amount of money, but if you add it up, it's a good amount so far.

E-mail message

From: (American*Kennel*Club) Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012,
7:58pm (EST+5) To:
Subject: AKC's Commitment to
Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery
*.
AKC's Commitment to Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery
..
As Hurricane Sandy approached the eastern seaboard, the American Kennel
Club, through AKC Companion Animal Recovery prepared, as always, to keep
pets and owners together and safe in the face of a potential disaster.
..
As the weather alerts began, more than 2,000 emails were sent to club
officers in the projected path of Sandy stating our readiness to assist
those caring for companion animals that may be displaced due to
"Superstorm" Sandy. The Associated Press helped us spread our readiness
message with an article appearing in the Wall Street Journal and US News
& World Report, among others.
..
We also reminded pet owners how to prepare for an evacuation or stay
safe at home through pet preparedness and evacuation tips broadcast on
television, on radio and across the Internet. We shared our message with
AKC's 104,800 Facebook fans and 11,800 plus followers on Twitter. We got
the word out, pet owners took action and then we hunkered down.
..
Once the storm came ashore in the New York Metropolitan area, the
massive power outages closed the AKC headquarters in Manhattan for a
week. Despite their displacement, AKC staffers, many working from home
without power, heat or water, found a way to connect and offer
assistance. Using cell phones, texting and social media, we began to
help displaced animals.
..
Many shelters suffered devastation from flooding and long-term power
outages. In New Jersey, we sent more than $2,000 worth of collars,
leashes, pet beds, cage bedding, dog and cat food, and cleaning supplies
to help the Woodbridge Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center, which was
submerged in more than five feet of water after the hurricane. In
addition, another $3,000 grant was sent to the Humane Society of
Atlantic County, which was completely flooded.
..
In New York, we sent more than 100 toys to keep dogs engaged and
comforted at the New York City Animal Care & Control's Manhattan
facility. We donated a $5,000 disaster relief grant to continue their
care for animals with many flooded facilities around the city. In
Connecticut, along the battered coastline, an assistance grant of $5,000
is going to the Animal Welfare League of New London County, Inc. to help
the displaced dogs in the region.
..
We also sent St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center in Madison, NJ 100 AKC
blankets to keep pets warm while coping with dropping temperatures since
the shelter lost power. This particular donation reminds us of another
time we assisted St. Hubert's. After Hurricane Katrina AKC facilitated
the first of many airlifts to bring lost and abandoned dogs from
Louisiana to the New Jersey shelter for rehabilitation and re-homing.
Recalling this heroic effort also reminds us just how far we've all come
in protecting pets since Katrina, when more than 250,000 lost dogs
needed rescuing.
..
Today, our proactive preparedness for our companion animals has saved
countless lives and prevented even more broken hearts.
..
One of the biggest reasons more pet owners now stay united with their
pets during disaster is because of the "Pet Evacuation and
Transportation Standards Act" of 2006. Known as PETS, it amended the
federal Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require
provisions for rescue, care, shelter and essential needs of pets and
service animals and their families in emergency and disaster relief, and
to require that such provisions be included in federal, state and local
emergency and disaster preparedness plans.
..
As PETS was drafted and worked its way through Congress to passage, AKC
was there, through the contributions of our federal lobbyist, the late
Jim Holt. Once PETS became law, the AKC again demonstrated leadership by
working with FEMA to draft and distribute the publication "Prepare for
Emergencies Now: Information for Pet Owners." Today, that educational
brochure is available online at
www.ready.gov for millions of pet owners
to access.
..
Even as recently as April 2012, AKC proactively inserted dog evacuation
awareness in its enhanced Care and Conditions of Dogs Policy, which
addresses evacuation planning for large numbers of dogs. USDA
regulations and AVMA guidelines relating to dogs do not include such
policies.
..
Six years later, we know the PETS act has had a huge impact on keeping
dogs with their owners in the wake of Sandy. This time media coverage
was not about large-scale temporary shelters housing thousands of lost
dogs but about the emergency shelters taking people, and their pets, to
be safe from the storm. Due to early evacuation and mandatory acceptance
of dogs in evacuation centers, thankfully, we did not see the images of
lost and displaced pets that haunted us for months after Katrina.
..
The AKC Humane Fund "Sandy Fund" Established
..
Even as the power comes back on and we continue our outreach to those
pet owners less fortunate - we realize more can be done - especially for
those needing long-term assistance. Through the AKC Humane Fund, Inc.,
we have established the "Sandy Fund" to give grants to local clubs and
organizations in affected disaster areas to enable hyper-local targeted
assistance for the benefit of owners and their pets. The American Kennel
Club Humane Fund, Inc. and The Westminster Kennel Club have each donated
$10,000 to the "Sandy Fund." This $20,000 seed money and other donations
will assist organizations that provide support and services for dogs and
owners faced with the challenges of after a natural disaster.
..
The Sandy Fund has already given its first disaster relief grants of
$1,000 each to the Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club, the New
Jersey Federation of Dog Clubs and the New England Saint Bernard Club to
aid their efforts in local communities hit hardest by Sandy.
..
The creation of the Sandy Fund is the proactive, forward-thinking
leadership of AKC CEO and President Dennis Sprung. He kept everyone and
everything at AKC together during this crisis to ensure that we were
doing what was best for dogs and their people. Without caring people
like Dennis and COO John Lyons AKC would not have weathered this storm
as strongly. I also want to thank AKC CIO Connie Pearcy, and her team,
for keeping the critical computer system completely and flawlessly
operational. Not only did AKC business continue as usual but it also
enabled us to post daily Sandy updates on akc.org. Many thanks to AKC
CAR CEO Tom Sharp, and his team, AKC Communications Director Lisa
Peterson, and Club Communications Manager Stephanie Smith for
coordinating and executing this disaster relief effort.
..
It is the actions of people like these that make me proud to be a part
of the AKC family.

Alan Kalter
AKC Chairman of the Board
..


Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia, USA

 




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