Everyone,
Thank you all so much for the many contributions that have been made today. I think it looks like all of the immediate equipment needs that Jay needed have been met and hopefully are being shipped. We have accumulated $2350 in a reserve account for any cash needs he may have next week. He is looking for a mobile tower and I hope to make some calls tomorrow to locate one. I'm guessing that renting that tower will pretty well exhaust the fund temporarily. We did have three companies who donated $500 each to this cause. I never imagined we would get donations that large but I want to say THANK YOU to each of them, although I won't name them. Jay says that there are 4-5 blocks that will need to be bulldozed out and rebuilt completely. They are struggling with no power for 5 days or more in some places and gasoline is very hard to get. Long lines exist up to 50 miles away. He was unaware of how big the Birmingham/Tuscaloosa tornado was. He only knew that there were quite a few deaths from tornados around the state. Most of the news he gets is through his smartphone which surprisingly allows him to get emails and get on Facebook but does not support Voice or Text traffic. HE would like me to pass along his gratitude and said, "the WISPA community has been awesome and with that help, we will be more than fine". He said the radio station owner thought they would have the tower rebuilt in a week but Jay has his doubts. He thinks he can get 90% of his customers back by moving some equipment to a nearby rooftop temporarily. Jay doesn't have any generators in his business yet, so Josh Luthman and Mike Chadwick are coordinating together to deliver 3-4 portables to him in the next day or so. UPS and Fedex are delivering packages to the area. Jay's batteries have now run down and he is without communication until he can find someone that has enough generator power to charge him back up. I am still going to come knocking on a few doors asking some of you to take part on the Disaster Fund Committee. J This fund's work is never done, it only has lapses until the next disaster hits a WISP in a neighborhood near you! Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 Option 2 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. [email protected]
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