My apologies in advance for an off-topic reply to an off-topic post. Having been through a relatively minor disaster myself, I can report that neither the Salvation Army nor the Red Cross provided a particularly useful, if any, contribution to the emergency response effort, although both began touting for donations within days of the event. Granted they do provide valuable welfare assistance in non-emergency times.
Here's my list of proven useful people & organizations for disaster response: 1. Fire Dept, Medical personnel, Police & Military (including Urban Search & Rescue teams from VK, Japan, China, Taiwan, UK, USA and maybe elsewhere) 2. The utility workers who got the power & water supplies working (the most undervalued group in my opinion) 3. Ad-hoc community groups who distributed hot food and drinkable water, and helped by making a start with the damage cleanup. 4. Amateur Radio Emergency Communicators, and the hams who worked to keep the local VHF/UHF repeaters operational. The best way for hams to help is to increase your own preparedness for providing emergency communications, and to contribute time, expertise and/or donations to amateur radio emergency communications organizations. 73 Paul ZL3IN On 16/03/11 01:23, AB8XA wrote: > Barb and I ask those of you here to help Japan as you can. We chose to do it > through the Salvation Army. You may choose otherwise. > > quote > The Salvation Army has been at work in Japan since 1895, operating more than > 80 centers there, including two hospitals and four children’s homes. We have > nearly 200 officers, 3,000 members and nearly 1,000 employees already at work > in the country. We are a part of Japan’s communities and dedicated to their > recovery. > end quote > > You can donate online on this web page, using credit card or PayPal: > > http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf > > Thanks! > -- > Moe and Barb > AB8XA and W8FCJ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
