Saturday, September 17, 2005
Good Morning all:
I'm sitting in the emergency operations center at the Navy Seabee base publishing this current addition. Some nice Navy officer allowed me to use his personal laptop.
The volunteers look tired this morning as we head out into the 90 degree heat. I'd really like to find a motel room with a/c and a tv to watch football games today. This should be an interesting day as there will be a new management crew at the warehouse. The previous manager has headed home to his business. He was a great guy, really new how to organize and run a distribution center and generally ignored the RC HQ staff. We understand the new manager is a 'buy the RC Book' guy which means we'll have a melt down.
Late yesterday I called back to the warehouse and asked that a truck be sent to meet Bob and I in Biloxi with a load of cots. We really got the runaround and it's a long story. A lot of tempers flared, but in the end we got the cots. The folks are Magnolia Street were ecstatic! Hugs for Bob and I and they all blessed us.
Today's moral dilemna is: Are we giving these folks false hopes that they will be able to maintain their life at their property. The homes sustained 6 - 10 ft. of flood waters. They are attempting to clean the mold, however, few are doing it correctly. The salt water from the flood most probably has corroded the wiring under the homes which means there is a pretty high risk of electrical fire. As we continue to provide immediate food, shelter and other items I'm concerned that very soon the city of Biloxi will begin the condemnation process as in New Orleans. Then we'll have even more refugees. These are 3-4 generation families, they don't 'want to move but may have no choice.
False hopes are not a good game to play.
Bob and I are off to play new tricks on the new boss. Should be fun. We've enlisted many truck drivers. For instance, today I identified condoms as a real need and will put it on our request form. We've handed out all these cots and, well, you know what happens.
Have a great day.
Bob
Good Morning all:
I'm sitting in the emergency operations center at the Navy Seabee base publishing this current addition. Some nice Navy officer allowed me to use his personal laptop.
The volunteers look tired this morning as we head out into the 90 degree heat. I'd really like to find a motel room with a/c and a tv to watch football games today. This should be an interesting day as there will be a new management crew at the warehouse. The previous manager has headed home to his business. He was a great guy, really new how to organize and run a distribution center and generally ignored the RC HQ staff. We understand the new manager is a 'buy the RC Book' guy which means we'll have a melt down.
Late yesterday I called back to the warehouse and asked that a truck be sent to meet Bob and I in Biloxi with a load of cots. We really got the runaround and it's a long story. A lot of tempers flared, but in the end we got the cots. The folks are Magnolia Street were ecstatic! Hugs for Bob and I and they all blessed us.
Today's moral dilemna is: Are we giving these folks false hopes that they will be able to maintain their life at their property. The homes sustained 6 - 10 ft. of flood waters. They are attempting to clean the mold, however, few are doing it correctly. The salt water from the flood most probably has corroded the wiring under the homes which means there is a pretty high risk of electrical fire. As we continue to provide immediate food, shelter and other items I'm concerned that very soon the city of Biloxi will begin the condemnation process as in New Orleans. Then we'll have even more refugees. These are 3-4 generation families, they don't 'want to move but may have no choice.
False hopes are not a good game to play.
Bob and I are off to play new tricks on the new boss. Should be fun. We've enlisted many truck drivers. For instance, today I identified condoms as a real need and will put it on our request form. We've handed out all these cots and, well, you know what happens.
Have a great day.
Bob
posted by Bob Still at 9:18 AM
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