#540
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 00:11:11 -0500
From: "Cissell, William" <WCissell@MAIL.TWU.EDU>
Subject: Universities, Community Gtroups and Student Organizations Assisting
Hurricane and Flood victims
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Like others I applaud the efforts of those like Steve Dorman who have described
support for those who lost so much during Hurricane Katrina's devastating drive
through the US and the flooding and tornadoes it caused. My wife teaches at the
University of Southern Miss (USM). USM lost it facilities on the Mississi[i Gulf
coast. My wife outran Katrina getting safely back to Texas from Hattiesburg last
Sunday.
As a former Marine, I participated in military responses to natural disasters
while I was active. I helped provide radio communications during and following
typhoons in the West Pacific. I admit that I was never involved in responding to
a natural disaster as great as the one currently be experienced in Southern
Louisiana a good chunck of Mississippi and Alabama, Georgia, Florida and other
states affected by Katrina. However, my experience leads me to believe that
there was a break down in command that military response was not more rapidly
mobilized to assist the victims of flooding in and around New Orleans and along
and near the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Alabama. It is obvious that National
Guaard and police units were overwhelmed by the size of the catastrrope.
The good news is that many univeersities, communitiy groups and student
organizations have stepped up to rally support for victims of the hurricane and
flooding. As Texas A & M has done, universities in North Texas, including Texas
Woman's University and the University of North Texas, have extended invitations
for students from Louisiana facing disruption of their studies to enroll as
in-state students to complete a semester or more until their university in
Louisiana can return to full operations.
At the Denton Rotary Club meeting yesterday, the pledge of the Texas District to
raise $100,000 to support hurricane and flooding victims was announced by the
Club President . The TWU Chapter of Golden Key International Honour Society
(which I helped found in 1993) announced through its email list service that it
is organizing fundraising events to help hurricane and flooding victims.
Likewise the TWU Pioneers (athletes) announced they will be assisting the
American Red Cross with collecting funds at street corners on and near the
campus and will donate all proceeds from a volleyball competion. I am sure that
the Alpha Phi Chapter, Eta Sigma Gamma, will do likewise.
From what I learn of all the widespread response to the Katrina-related
catasthrope many across our land and around the world are responding in positive
ways. While relief is coming too late for those who died during the past
serveral days, there are many currently surviving who need the help that is
being offered. Recent news indicates that the mobilization of federal support is
much inproved. Let's focus on dupporting effect relief efforts.
Bill Cissell
940-898-2864
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#541
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:42:44 -0500
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: Are they OK
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Folks,
The following people are listed in the HEDIR directory from the impacted states
(LA, MS, AL):
If you are OK, or if you know they are OK, please let me know. Sorry but I
didn't ferret out the locations (for example, northern AL from southern AL).
I'll post it onto the HEDIR web page at www.hedir.org/katrina
LA:
Linda Synovitz
Alicia Battle
Sue Catchings
Lorelei Cropley
Manda D. Oien
Christi M. Stewart
Ladatra S. Sanders
Stephen Johnson
Talicia Annette Tarver
Russell Vaden
Terrie Alby
Sonja Ragusa
Michael Pejsach (been heard from)
Ralph Wood
Wynn Gillan
Michael J. Cuomo
Mark S. Doherty
Jacqueline Benedik
Arlene Calvo
Michel Lempa
Michael David Celestin, Jr.
Amy Cavender
Craig Mills
MS:
Greg Gliemi
Holly Gentry-Wiley
Steven Anglin
Judith Taylor
Jeremy Scott Holsopple
Carol Ball
Jessica R Townsend
Sara Rodriguez
Eddie Jerome Patterson
Mary Allison Ford
Barry Paul Hunt
Jeffrey Hallam
Andrew Hatchett
Stefanie Delmastro
AL
Stuart L. Usdan
Lyndal M. Curry
Sheryl Strasser
Lesa Woodby
Elizabeth Westfall
Chisolm Stephanie
Michelle Schuhmann
William Hey
Lawrence Schmidt
Ronald Daniel Williams, Jr.
Tracy Palmer
David Macrina
Jeri Ellen Zemke
Marion Willard Evans, Jr.
Retta Evans
Michael A. Perko (heard from)
Dana May-Coleman
Wajih Ahmad
Charlotte Hendricks
Lucy Annang
Erin Egan
Kaduabu S. Ajongbah
Antonia S. Mead
Tamela Turner
Marjorie E. Scaffa
Camille Filoromo
Anna S. Carillo
Michael Koger
Erik J. Gundlach-Evans
Torhonda C. Lee
Tracy M. Carter
Blanche Collins
Clint E. Bruess
Ronda Childress
Kalai Mugilan
Angela Johnson
Hamish Robertson
Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
Professor, Health Education
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Health Education & Recreation
Southern Illinois University
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#542
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:38:06 -0500
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: FW: housing for hurricane victims
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Been asked to forward this...
Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
Professor, Health Education
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Health Education & Recreation Southern Illinois University
618-453-1841 (office)
618-453-1829 (fax)
-----Original Message-----
From: laurie olson [mailto:lauriesolson@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 1:44 PM
To: Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
Subject: housing for hurricane victims
Every action TrueMajority members have taken for years has been driven
by a vision of a more cooperative nation, where citizens work together to make
life better for all. Today some of us have a concrete way to make that happen on
a small scale, right now.
Our friends at MoveOn.org have put together an online tool for folks in the
Southeast to offer emergency housing to hurricane victims who desperately need a
bed and a roof. The aftermath of Katrina has created tens
of thousands of newly homeless families, and there are not enough official
shelters to meet the need.
You can post your offer of housing (a spare room, extra bed, even a decent
couch) and search for available housing online at:
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
Housing is most urgently needed within reasonable driving distance (about 300
miles) of the affected areas in the Southeast, especially New Orleans.
Please forward this message to anyone you know in the region who might
be able to help.
But no matter where you live, your housing could still make a world of
difference to a person or family in need, so please offer what you can.
The process is simple:
You can sign up to become a host by posting a description of whatever housing
you have available, along with contact information. You can change or remove
your offer at any time.
Hurricane victims, local and national relief organizations, friends and
relatives can search the site for housing. We'll do everything we can to
get your offers where they are needed most. Many shelters actually already have
Internet access, but folks without 'net access can still make use of the site
through case workers and family members.
Hurricane victims or relief agencies will contact hosts and together decide if
it's a good match and make the necessary travel arrangements. The host's address
is not released until a particular match is agreed on.
If hosting doesn't work for you, please consider donating to the Red Cross to
help with the enormous tasks of rescue and recovery. You can give online at:
http://www.redcross.org
As progressives, we share a core belief that we are all in this together, and
today is an important chance to put that idea to work. There are thousands of
families who have just lost everything and need a place to stay dry. Let's do
what we can to help.
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
With gratitude,
The TrueMajority Team
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#543
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 15:31:14 -0500
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: FW: Key Messages Hurricane Katrina
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Been asked to forward this.
Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
Professor, Health Education
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Health Education & Recreation
Southern Illinois University
618-453-1841 (office)
618-453-1829 (fax)
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From: Susan Goekler [mailto:sgoekler@neo.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 8:13 PM
To: Susan Wooley
Subject: FW: Key Messages Hurricane Katrina
The following message is from Joseph Becker, Senior Vice President, Preparedness
and Response:
Continuous television coverage of the desperate situation inside the city of New
Orleans is prompting the media and others to ask why the Red Cross is not
present. Please use the following information to respond. Additional Q&A will be
posted to CrossNet shortly.
Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?
* Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard
and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply
cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.
* The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and
continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans
following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and
encourage others to come into the city.
* The Red Cross has been meeting the needs of thousands of
New Orleans residents in some 90 shelters throughout the state of Louisiana and
elsewhere since before landfall. All told, the Red Cross is today operating 149
shelters for almost 93,000 residents.
* The Red Cross shares the nation's anguish over the
worsening situation inside the city. We will continue to work under the
direction of the military, state and local authorities and to focus all our
efforts on our lifesaving mission of feeding and sheltering.
* The Red Cross does not conduct search and rescue
operations. We are an organization of civilian volunteers and cannot get relief
aid into any location until the local authorities say it is safe and provide us
with security and access.
* The original plan was to evacuate all the residents of
New Orleans to safe places outside the city. With the hurricane bearing down,
the city government decided to open a shelter of last resort in the Superdome
downtown. We applaud this decision and believe it saved a significant number of
lives.
* As the remaining people are evacuated from New Orleans,
the most appropriate role for the Red Cross is to provide a safe place for
people to stay and to see that their emergency needs are met. We are fully
staffed and equipped to handle these individuals once they are evacuated.
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