Thank you WestJet for helping us get the right aid to the right people at the right time! Today, WestJet flew our Rapid Response Team to Montego Bay along with a water purification system. From there our team will travel to Treasure Beach to install the system in a community kitchen to help keep affected families healthy as they recover from Hurricane Beryl. Thanks to WestJet, the kitchen will have safe water to cook with and the community will have access to clean drinking water.
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Thank you Ed, we're disaster innovators, rethinking how we the public responds to disasters. We are able to show up and stay because of how we utilize social media and our brand and large social media following to storytell which results in donations and volunteers that keep us going. We are only growing in size, getting in faster and staying longer with each disaster. We're unknown outsiders to the vast majority of disaster professionals and it's understandable when they have spent a lifetime learning by responding and making it their career, where we have only been responding and learning for 7 years. But isn't that how changes come? Innovations always come from nowhere and often are looked at with trepidation and fear from the establishment. We have recognized that innovative approaches make us incredibly efficient and effective, it's inevitable that what we're doing is the future when we are able to turn $1 into $12. We funnel good meaning spontaneous volunteers with no clue how to help into a highly targeted workforce doing crisis relief work for those that need it most. Your adoption and quick understanding of who we are is only possible because you are a rare open minded trailblazer. Thank you for seeing what we see, a return to the basics of finding ways to accomplish the actual work to be done has to begin at some point.
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During the mutual aid response to Hurricane Ian in Lee County, Florida I encountered an amazing group of citizen led disaster response volunteers called the Cajun Navy Ground Force and met their Founder and CEO Rob Gaudet and his Director of Donor Relations, Camille Gaudet . Together with their amazing volunteers paired up with AmeriCorps NCCC ,GroundForce was having an amazing impact in stabilizing the lives of the survivors on Pine Island. This was done by helping them with their essential needs like food, water, comfort and the clearing and drying out their homes so they could move back in and begin to rebuild their lives. Before Ground Force came, their homes were full of damaged furniture and walls growing mold and mildew, they were sleeping in tents or cars, desperate and losing hope and faith. Since Oct 22 I have followed GroundForce virtually to the Rolling Fork Mississippi Tornado, Maui, Hawaii Wildfire and as I write this post they are in the Big Bend of Florida doing what they do best for the survivors of Hurricane Idalia It’s groups like these that make a difference and go beyond what government alone can do! Thank you Find out more👇 https://gocajunnavy.org/ #GroundForce #stability #recovery #hurricaneIan #HurricaneIdalia #RollingFork #MauiWildFire
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If you experienced damage from Hurricane Beryl, make sure you self-report it at damage.la.gov. Reporting damage to your home can help parish, state and federal authorities better understand the location and severity of damage caused by significant weather events. This information can help expedite the Individual Assistance process following major disasters and emergencies. Take a few minutes to submit your information at damage.la.gov.
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Regardless of where you live, major disasters can strike at any time, so it’s important to be prepared. With tornado and hurricane season upon us, visit the Good Hands Blog to learn how to prepare for these storms to help protect you, your family and your home. https://lnkd.in/guK7szWm
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#Carriacou in the Caribbean was flattened by Hurricane Beryl on Monday. Most of the houses are plywood and tin. They've been blown apart. There are c.15,000 people on Carriacou and the other small islands around there. They have no water, shelter or food. The sea surface temperature is c.2oC over normal; Beryl is the earliest hurricane in recent records. There are two excellent videos by Jonathan Petramala here: https://lnkd.in/e89eu9Zx https://lnkd.in/eH6qmTgW If you want to support there are dozens of GoFundMe campaigns - I've found this one by Island Windjammers (who ship cargo around the Windward Islands under sail) where they are offering to use the funds to buy supplies which they will then ship for free - credit to Island Windjammers, Inc. https://lnkd.in/eYgukNsB #hurricaneberyl #support #rebuild #caribbean #extremeweather #climate #climatechange #hurricane #charity
Hurricane Beryl's Aftermath: Carriacou Residents' Survival Stories
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Regardless of where you live, major disasters can strike at any time, so it’s important to be prepared. With tornado and hurricane season upon us, visit the Good Hands Blog to learn how to prepare for these storms to help protect you, your family and your home. https://lnkd.in/gpaJjgWV
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Regardless of where you live, major disasters can strike at any time, so it’s important to be prepared. With tornado and hurricane season upon us, visit the Good Hands Blog to learn how to prepare for these storms to help protect you, your family and your home. https://lnkd.in/gM7irHNW
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Regardless of where you live, major disasters can strike at any time, so it’s important to be prepared. With tornado and hurricane season upon us, visit the Good Hands Blog to learn how to prepare for these storms to help protect you, your family and your home. https://lnkd.in/gnyV6q6a
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Regardless of where you live, major disasters can strike at any time, so it’s important to be prepared. With tornado and hurricane season upon us, visit the Good Hands Blog to learn how to prepare for these storms to help protect you, your family and your home. https://lnkd.in/gTDwWj7m
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Regardless of where you live, major disasters can strike at any time, so it’s important to be prepared. With tornado and hurricane season upon us, visit the Good Hands Blog to learn how to prepare for these storms to help protect you, your family and your home. https://lnkd.in/g22xpDpd
