#helene Pendragon Security
@all If anyone here is in a bad spot because of the hurricane or flooding and needs donations for you, specifically family or friends, please DM me. I have been in that spot more times than I care to remember. Rita, Ike, Laura. Some expert advice. When you ask, ask for specific things. Please don't be too ego-filled to do that. If you are part of a mutual aid group or disaster recovery team openly asking for assistance, do not feel bad to turn away things.
Americans will give, but if you are not selective in your asks, you will have a semi-load of clothes that will still sit on the ground in your aid center six months later. Contact your local electrical providers, plant facilities, or whatever primary industry you have. Ask for food service tents and food; ask for ICE, water, showering facilities, and washer/dryer facilities. Ask for generators, fuel, ext cords, light plants, commercial refrigeration, and AC units. Establish a fallback location well enough away so that those affected and in the fight can get some rest from the problem. DO NOT put your recovery location inside the wire of the problem. People will work themselves to death if they can see, smell, or hear others working. This is the time to get into local industry and politicians' faces and let them listen to you. Do not get sucked into FEMA is coming or RED CROSS tents. If they do show up, your local progress will fall apart because of red tape. It's a shit show. Reach out to local church groups, volunteer groups local to you, and, if anyone, the Salvation Army. I can't do much more than put you in contact with the right folks and run background interference for your efforts, but I will try.
Incredible efforts from the Meals that Matter Team! So great to see people come together to help those in times of disaster. Well done to Tyson Foods for this initiative ??