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- From: zben@ni.umd.edu (Charles B. Cranston)
- Subject: andrew relief (full text)
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 04:11:00 GMT
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- Here's a full text of what I was not able to copy down
- off the radio earlier tonight:
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- Subject: Miami Relief Effort
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- From: fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov (Fred McKenzie)
- Date: 1 Sep 92 10:16:16 EST
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- Date: 31-Aug-92 02:24
- From: Christopher Baker
- To: All
- Subj: FLorida hurricane relief info
-
- Governor Lawton Chiles announced today a toll-free number for coordination
- of
- hurricane relief to southern Florida residents and agencies.
-
- 1-800-FL-HELP-1 (1-800-354-3571) is the centralized number for information,
- pledges, and coordination of delivery of goods at the FLorida Relief
- Center.
- It will be manned 24 hours a day.
-
- The Florida Relief Fund has been establish for collecting money to be used
- in South Florida and they even have provisions for credit card donations to
- the disaster relief. Donations of money by check or money order will also
- be
- welcome. Make your check or money order out to: FLorida Relief Fund. Send
- it
- to:
-
- FLorida Relief Fund P.O. Box 7000
- Tallahassee, FLorida 32314 U.S.A.
-
- Credit card donations may be called into the FLorida Relief Center on
- either
- MasterCard or Visa [no, they don't take American Express].
-
- A staging area for the delivery of goods has been set up in Palm Beach
- County to preclude the direct transportation from everywhere that is
- seriously clogging the passable roads into south Dade County. Items
- received
- will be warehoused and transported as needed into the storm strike zone.
-
- Anyone with goods for the relief effort are requested to take them to the
- South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach or to send them there by
- whatever shipping means available to them.
-
- I have just spoken to the Relief Center and here's the direct scoop and
- particulars:
-
- Florida Relief Center
- South Florida Fairgrounds
- 9067 Southern Blvd
- West Palm Beach, FLorida 33411 U.S.A.
- 24 hours telephone - 1-800-354-3571.
-
- The Fairgrounds are accessible from either I-95 or the Florida Turnpike.
- From I-95, take the Southern Blvd exit west and continue west for about 10
- miles. From the Florida Turnpike, take the Okeechobee/West Palm Beach exit
- west and continue west about 1 1/2 miles.
-
- The exits are well marked, according to the Center personnel, and signs
- will
- direct you after you exit either highway to the Fairgrounds.
-
- The following list contains the current needs in rough, priority order:
-
- NO CLOTHING AT THE PRESENT TIME, PLEASE.
-
- Non-perishable food items of all kinds. There is NO refrigeration in most
- of
- the strike zone. Canned and packeted goods in original containers are
- welcome.
-
- Baby food and formulas of all kinds and plastic baby bottles, inserts and
- nipples.
-
- Bottled water in factory sealed bottles [NO volunteer filled bottles,
- please] of gallon or larger sizes. Cases of water very desirable.
-
- Disposable diapers and baby cleansing cloths; baby powder; baby ointment.
-
- Insect repellents and sun screens including those for sensitive skin.
-
- NON-PRESCRIPTION, OTC [over-the-counter] medications of non-perishable type
- such as aspirin, acetaminophen [Tylenol, Panadol, etc.], ibuprofen [Midol,
- Bayer IB, etc.] in tablets and liquids for children; cold and cough
- medicines; allergy medicines; basic first-aid supplies such as bandages,
- dressings, antibacterial ointments, band-aids, rolled gauze, elastic
- bandages
- [ACE, etc.], rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and cotton swabs. NO
- prescription or perishable meds, please.
-
- Personal and feminine hygiene products such as: toilet paper, personal
- cleansing towels [Softkins, Baby wipes, WetNaps, etc.]; tampons, sanitary
- napkins; toothbrushes and toothpaste; disposable razors; anti-perspirants
- and
- deodorants; bleach.; tissues and paper towels.
-
- Equipment and supplies: NON-electric can openers; generators up to 300KW
- [kilowatts]; propane for forklifts and tractors at the Relief Center and
- down
- south; batteries and flashlights; chainsaws; shovels, rakes, picks; plastic
- tarps or large sheets of plastic.
-
- These are just the main things, if you can think of other things of use,
- call the Relief Center and see if they are needed or wanted. They need to
- keep their space available for the priority items.
-
- The Relief Center is OPEN every day, 24 hours a day. All convoys from
- FLorida and the rest of the U.S. and the world should head for West Palm
- Beach and avoid direct importation of goods into the south Florida area.
- There are security and logistical problems down there right now that are
- only
- compounded by all the extra traffic. PLEASE take your donations to the
- FLorida Relief Center!
-
- Thanks, for all the survivors!
-
- zben@ni.umd.edu -KA3ZDF
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