Last week, in the matter of just a few days we experienced as many tornadoes as we sometimes see in an entire year. This takes a lot of help and organization to clean up and so I wanted to set this Monday toward getting some of this information out there. In the next few days I will set up a full-page here on Project Kinect for all this information by location with detailed information but for right now, this is what I can get out there. As said in today’s Washington Post, FEMA is just getting prepared to provide tornado relief so maybe this can begin as a conversation with everyone on how to expedite this procedure and not see what we saw in Tuscaloosa, Alabama last spring. In this, I am including the states involved with the majority of the devastation last week.
Region 4 out of Atlanta: Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee
Telephone Numbers:
Main Number: 770.220.5200
Fax Number: 770.220.5230
Mailing Address:
Federal Emergency Management Agency
3003 Chamblee Tucker Road
Atlanta, GA 30341
Media Inquiries: 770.220.5226
Region 5 out of Chicago: Illinois, Ohio, Indiana
Mailing Address 536 South Clark St., 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 408-5500
Media Contact
Mark Peterson
Email: mark.peterson2@dhs.gov
Telephone: 312-408-4469
- As far as right now, I have only seen one facebook page for any of the cities but here is one for Northern Alabama
- Here is the latest from the American Red Cross.
- If you’re a college student and you want to do something impactful on your spring break, here are some ways to volunteer.
*Relief Spark: By far what I think is the most incredible disaster relief organization I have seen. Many people find volunteer opportunities with a church but if you are without a church, Relief Spark is a great place to share your gifts. They are already setting up camps throughout the south and midwest. Check out their facebook page.
*Disaster Assistance with the Church of Christ: We worked with Mike and his kitchen on wheels in Tuscaloosa. They have plenty of work to do and you definitely get to see your impact when working with them. They just arrived in Southern Indiana today.
This is just a start but if people are coming up with questions on what to do now that things are destroyed or if people want to help , then here are some beginning points. Like previously mentioned, I will have a much larger working page later this week. If you have any information that you would like to contribute to it, please email me at gregg@projectkinect.com. If you need extra help and need assistance otherwise on finding answers that have not been answered yet, i.e. free medical assistance, legal aid, water safety, paperwork help or anything else not listed, then also email me at gregg@projectkinect.com and I will make phone calls, research and help find those answers.
WE ARE ALL INVOLVED!!!