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On Jan 29, 8:29 pm, "Brown, Doug A" <[email protected]> wrote: > Disaster Assistance Update: 01|29|09, 7:15 pm > > From VOAD and the UMC Disaster Services: > > The ice storm continues to cripple the top third of the state of Arkansas. Governor Mike Beebe has declared 33 of 75 counties as in need of Federal response. There have been at least three (3) confirmed deaths as a result of the storms. Arkansas Emergency Management has updated the estimate to 300,000 persons without electricity. Restoration of services is taking place, however, it is expected that most will not receive any relief until this weekend. > > Critical Needs > > *Blankets (new) and Cots for the City of Corning. They are providing emergency shelter for workers on the electric and road crews. > > *Bottled water for the following communities: Cherokee Village, Corning, Harrison, Melbourne, Mountain View, and Salem. These water systems are either shut down or unable to pump potable water. > . > Several hospitals are closed or nearly closed due to lack of utilities including generator fuel. Everyone is working together across the state to help. A couple facilities have sent out their final call for help and will soon be forced to evacuate. . > > Generators are being dispatched to special needs/vent patients (especially children) whenever possible but most are delayed due to a shortage. > > ---------------------------- > Doug Brown, MSc, CHEP, NREMT-B > Emergency Management Coordinator > Arkansas Children's Hospital > > Region 6 Vice-President > International Association of Emergency > Managers (IAEM USA) > > Sent via BlackBerry > > ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** > The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential > and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. > Thank you. -- Posted By Breaking News to Break News at 1/30/2009 03:38:00 AM
