[Loch-Ruadh] Disaster Relief from Loch Ruadh computer expertsanybody

Sun Sep 4 20:58:20 PDT 2005

I am sorry if I have offended anybody reguarding my
remarks on different organizations. I believe that the
individual working with these organizations are
heroes... my bleeding liberal side of me is just
skeptical of big organizations. (not the workers, but
the people higher up)
As I said I apologize. I've been really tired, not to
mention emotionally drained.
Emma

--- Connal <mac_daddy at ev1.net> wrote:

> the largest database to locates relatives is the
> ICRC site 
> http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina
> you can use that to post info on someone who is safe
> or look for someone who 
> is missing those without net access can call
> 1-877-loved1s <1-877-568-3317>
> also sites such as www.pleasenotifyme.org and
> www.salvationarmyusa.org have 
> lists to help locate and notify relatives
> as for Salvation Army, Red Cross, and FEMA not
> showing up at your shelter 
> yesterday, they are a bit overwhelemed which is why
> they are asking for 
> volunteers to help them <and not just money> and of
> course FEMA, bein a 
> goverement agency, isn't asking for money, they get
> all their funding from 
> the goverement.
> Hurricane Katrina is the most devestating disaster
> to ever hit the United 
> States in terms of damage, area of destruction and
> in all probability, loss 
> of life. We are used to seeing things like this in
> the free world, but it 
> appears nobody ever thought "it could happen to us"
> and our relief 
> infrastructure has been taxed way beyond its
> capabilities.
> if the shelter is in need, might I suggest you
> contact the Red Cross and 
> Salvation Army and request it, if it has not already
> been done <they may not 
> even know your shelter exists> and if they are aware
> of your shelter, be 
> patient, as most of the Red Cross disaster response
> teams from DFW were sent 
> TO Louisiana before it was known that evacuees would
> be coming here and they 
> are extremely short handed. in fact, had we been
> able to find someone to 
> take care of the kids an animals, Magdalea and I
> would have left for 
> Louisiana Tuesday when it was reqested by her
> hospital that those that 
> could, be transfered temporarly to hospitals closer
> fo the disaster scene.
> Also please remember, that those organizations right
> now are primarily 
> concerned with finding shleter for the thousands of
> people who have not yet 
> been placed in a shelter and shelter already
> operating and have food and 
> water are are going to be at a lower priority then
> those without.
> also, anyone with any kind of couseling/pastorial
> experience, please 
> concidider contacting Magdalea for volunteering
> their services at Plaza <or 
> any other of the local hospitals receiving patients
> from the hospitals in 
> New Orleans>, as often the first that these folk are
> aware of what has 
> happened is when they arrive here and see it on TV,
> and they have not been 
> able to know the full extent of the disaster, it has
> been quite overwhelming 
> to them.
> 
> Connal
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "erinn holloway" <mom3badboys at yahoo.com>
> To: "Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom of Ansteorra,
> SCA,Inc." 
> <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Disaster Relief from Loch
> Ruadh computer 
> expertsanybody
> 
> 
> > Today I foudn that  a lot of these people didn't
> know
> > how to get a hold of their relatives around the
> > country to let them know that they were okay.
> > I was thinking the shelter I'm at might need help
> from
> > someone who is more internet savy than I am to
> help
> > post that these people are okay.
> > Erinn
> >
> > --- PBW <PBW_RN at ev1.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Ok I just received word that there *are* two
> >> shelters set up in Tarrant County and that ARC is
> in
> >> need of volunteers as well as the ongoing need
> for
> >> donated items. If you can lend a hand you might
> want
> >> to call the local ARC chapter which is the
> Chisholm
> >> Trail Chapter and their number is (817) 336-8718.
> I
> >> am sure that this phone line is going to be
> *busy*
> >> so if you call and cant get through please be
> >> patient and keep trying. While I think its
> awesome
> >> that we, the SCA, are helping our fellow SCAdians
> >> who were devastated by the hurricane we also need
> to
> >> keep in mind our fellow humans who may have no
> one
> >> like the SCA to help them and are at the sole
> mercy
> >> of the kindness of strangers.
> >>
> >> Magdalea/Pook>
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