Turks and Caicos needs your help!
RELIEF AID-ADDRESS INFO FOR SALT CAY
* From: Gert van Dijken <gert at vandijken.com> * Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:39:52 -0400 (EDT) As posted on the Please for Help Bulletin Board http://help.stormcarib.com RELIEF AID-ADDRESS INFO FOR SALT CAY******* Posted by: Donna Shope Date: September 08, 2008 12:12PM If anyone would like to send supplies for the MUCH NEEDED relief effort for Salt Cay, please send them to the following address, also, be sure you mark on it that it is for Salt Cay. And let me thank all of you who have sent prayers, best wishes, and offers of assistance..everyone from Salt Cay is so very appreciative. And we will be good as new soon, I am positive of it!!! Shipping info: BML Shipping C/O Jose Diaz 7185 NW 87th Miami, Forida 33178 Some of the things we need are listed below: bottled H2O heavy duty work gloves face masks non perishable food items roofing materials (galvanized nails, paper, ondura) tarps plastic trash containers or plastic boxes with lids mosquito spray mosquito nets Lumber (treated, 2x4's, 2x6's, 2x10's, plywood) diesel generators personal hygiene products for the workers such as baby wipes, hand sanitizers, etc. Please remember if you buy us building materials, we are in a tropical environment, rust is a big problem & if lumber is not treated, the termites get is as soon as they find it. We also have a bank account set up for relief funds..If you would prefer to make a monetary donation please send to: Friends of Salt Cay C/O D R Opper 5410 McAlpine Farm Road Charlotte, NC 28226 OR you may send payment via paypal at www.saltcay.org Again, Thank you all so much!!! Another way to donate: To donate to the British Red Cross Hurricane Appeal go to http://www.redcross.org.uk/hurricaneappeal or call 08450 53 53 53. Postal donations made payable to British Red Cross Hurricane Appeal can be sent to British Red Cross, 44 Moorfields, London EC2Y 9AA For interviews with Red Cross personnel in Haiti, Turks and Caicos or UK, or for further information please call Penny Sims or Mark South on 020 7877 7044 or 020 7877 7042, or out of hours call 07659 145 095. and For people who want to help out the hard hit Turks and Caicos, there is a drop-off site for donations: Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Area Just Posh Hair Salon 6447 Pembroke Road Hollywood, FL 33023 (786) 318-6978 Ask for Jackie or Kim Collecting: NON PERISHABLES & BUILDING SUPPLIES/MATERIALSItems will be shipped via G & G as charity donations, they are working along with Minister McAllister Hanchell & Charles for WIV4. |
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Report from Cdera:
http://www.cdera.org/ Date: 8 Sep 2008 23:34:30 -0000 Subject: Hurricane Ike -Situation Report #2 Message: Damage Assessment underway in the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Southern Islands of the Bahamas (2:00pm Sept. 8. 2008) EVENT: Hurricane Ike affected the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Great Inagua Bahamas Islands on Saturday September 7, 2008.? At the time of impact Ike was a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. At 2:00pm EDT today (Sept. 8), 2008, the Andros and Ragged Islands in the Bahamas remained under a Tropical Storm warning. The Jamaican government has discontinued the Tropical Storm Watch for that island. Situation Update: There have been no reports of fatalities or injuries on the Bahamas or Turks and Caicos Islands.The Turks and Caicos Islands have been severely affected and preliminary damage assessment is currently underway. The Southern island of Inagua sustained significant damage and the other southern islands of such as Mayaguana, Acklins and Crooked island sustained lesser degrees of damage. BAHAMAS: Initial reports from Great Inagua indicate the following: Housing: Approximately 70 to 80 percent of the houses on Great Inagua have sustained roof damage and approximately 25 per cent sustained major damage. Electricity Supply: Island wide power outage has been experienced due to fallen poles Ports: Both the airport and the seaport are open. National Response: A relief flight with emergencies supplies was scheduled to leave at 12:00 midday for Great Inagua.? A second flight is scheduled for Tuesday September 09, 2008 A damage assessment team scheduled to be on the flight today would comprise of social services, health, water and sewage, works and environment and telecommunications experts. Senior government officials are expected to visit the affected areas on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Military vessels that were in safe harbor during the passage of Hurricane Ike will be involved in the recovery operations on their return to the Bahamas. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS Initial reports from Turks and Caicos Islands indicate the following: Grand Turk Island Shelters: 348 people are in shelters. Housing: An estimated 90 % of the roofs sustained damage and 20% destroyed. Health Grand Turk hospital sustained roof and water damage. Utilities Electricity and telephone services are not available because most power lines are down. Salt Cay A reconnaissance flight over the island has reported severe flooding in southern part of the Salt Cay and significant damage to homes and buildings. Water & Electricity Water and electricity supplies have been interrupted and there is some concern with regard to the public water supplies. Citizens are being encouraged to boil all drinking water. National Response: National Damage Assessment and Technical Teams are on the ground in Turks and Caicos Islands conducting preliminary damage assessment. REGIONAL and Other RESPONSE: ?A CDERA six-member damage assessment and needs analysis team arrived in Providenciales , Turks and Caicos Islands today, September 8, 2008. The team is comprised of technical experts in the areas of health, infrastructure, telecommunication, electricty and social services and was deployed from Jamaica, the sub-regional focal point for this area in the CDERA System The CDERA Coordinating Unit’s Technical Manager for Preparedness and Country Support, Mrs. Andria Grosvenor also arrived in Providenciales at approximately 4:15PM today. On Tuesday, Sept 9, technical support to the Department of Disaster and Emergencies in the TCI will be strengthened through the arrival of: •?A Disaster Management Officer from the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies and, •?The National Disaster Coordinator from Saint Lucia The CDERA CU has on standby a team of military engineers from the Regional Defence Forces to provide support for the TCI. Deployment will be informed by the specific needs requests made by TCI. The National Emergency Management Organisation in Belize has scheduled a meeting to discuss support for the TCI. The British Guard Ship the HMS Iron Duke has responded to the emergency and is presently in the Grand Turk providing support to the Department of Disaster and Emergencies The CARICOM Disaster Relief Unit has been stood down. CDERA will continue to provide updates as necessary. Contact Details: The CDERA CU 24hr contact number is 246 425 0386 ? |
We have family both in South Caico (which has more than 80% of homes damaged) and on Great Inagua.
We've got a flotilla going ot South Caicos with supplies/food and generators etc. These small islands were devasted. |
here is a web site with some pictures
devastating http://www.myalbum.com/Public/Turks%...icos%20Islands |
Barbara,
Those pictures left me speechless. I have some friends on Grand Turk and cannot make contact with them. :( |
The pictures are heartbreaking.
JAGIRL, I hope you make contact soon. ( and I miss seeing you around here, too! ) |
I know.
Communication is very difficult. I am sure they are OK but things have to be very rough for them all. I know what it's like to live in the aftermath of a CAT 4 hurricane..not easy! |
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