Hello this is TexMex!
Here is an update on what I have received from ShelterBoxUSA and its response to Harvey and the damage so far that it has done along the coast and now to Houston.
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Got this two days ago …….
Hurricane Harvey, now a Category 2 hurricane, is heading for the Texas coast and is expected to make landfall late today or early Saturday. Harvey, described as a life-threatening storm, has the potential to bring up to 20 inches of rainfall, storm surges up to 4 feet, and 100 mph winds in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the US since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. The storm has the potential to cause catastrophic flooding that could result in structural damage to buildings and complete destruction to mobile homes.
ShelterBox USA has been in continuous contact with FEMA to discuss potential shelter options for displaced people and repair options for damaged homes, including the provision of ShelterBox Tents and ShelterKits, to help families displaced by flooding or storm surge.
ShelterBox Operations will continue to monitor the storm and activate an immediate response if needed. The ShelterBox USA-based Response Team members, several of whom live in Texas, are standing by to assist in the delivery of aid to impacted areas.
I left out the stuff about donors, and Rotary clubs.
Harvey, described as a life-threatening storm, has the potential to bring up to 20 inches of rainfall, storm surges up to 4 feet, and 100 mph winds in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the US since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. The storm has the potential to cause catastrophic flooding that could result in structural damage to buildings and complete destruction to mobile homes.
ShelterBox stands ready, when and if called up, to provide appropriate supplies. FEMA has specifically been calling us for information about our ShelterKits/tarps. As of Friday, they were looking at options for the Rapid (Temporary) Repair of damaged structures/homes. We do have 2,000 ShelterKits pre-positioned in Panama, which would be the largest quantity close to the U.S. There is no commitment from ShelterBox that we will send these, but we have informed FEMA of this and there is the potential for a request. In general, it is great that we have this door open with FEMA, because it paves the way for a future Memorandum of Understanding and underlines why we would want to have some aid pre-positioned here in the U.S., so that we could deploy rapidly here in the future if needed.
Yes the statement below is very true. Several do live in Texas.
The ShelterBox USA-based Response Team members, several of whom live in Texas, are standing by to assist in the delivery of aid to impacted areas.
Then I received this in a message
ShelterBox is a charity that provides emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies on the frontline of disaster situations. We have deployed in Katrina, Sandy, and in hundreds of these situations around the world. In advance of Hurricane Harvey, ShelterBox USA has been in continuous contact with FEMA to discuss potential shelter options for displaced people and repair options for damaged homes, including the provision of ShelterKits to help families affected by the flooding or storm surge. FEMA Administrator, Brock Long, who Kerri Murray, ShelterBox USA President met with last month, has said, “Texas is about to have a very significant disaster.” We have been working with FEMA to prepare for this type of emergency. The FEMA Mass Care team has expressed a need for Rapid Repair kits for damaged structures. Our ShelterKits are deployed often in hurricane and flooding disasters, each containing tarps and tool needed to repair damaged homes.
ShelterBox USA has Response Team members in Texas that are standing by to assist in the delivery of aid to impacted areas. We will know a lot more in the next few days the devastating impacts of this storm.
And of course keep up with the storm with weatherdude.
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