#hurricane relief

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Cross posted on my Instagram but! Anyway :)

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Secular Pro-Life president Kelsey Hazzard here. As a resident of southwest Florida, I want to thank everyone on Twitter who sent encouraging messages during last week’s hurricane. I was very fortunate. My loved ones and I are all safe, and my house did not suffer any damage. Electricity in my neighborhood has been restored, the kids are back in school, and life is getting back to normal.

Not everyone has been so lucky. We have all seen the images of devastation on the news, and unfortunately, non-profit women’s clinics are no exception.

My local pregnancy resource center, Community Pregnancy Clinic, reports that it sustained $30,000 worth of damage to its Naples location. Community Pregnancy Clinic is a faith-based organization that serves pregnant mothers of all backgrounds. You can help those families by purchasing maternity and baby items from the clinic’s online gift registry. And in hard-hit Fort Myers, Hurricane Ian forced Verity Pregnancy and Medical Resource Center to postpone its annual fundraising dinner — just when the community it serves faces the greatest need.

I encourage you to donate if you are able. You can also give to United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades County or United Way of Collier and the Keys, neither of which fund Planned Parenthood or other abortion groups. Thank you for your generous support.

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Y’all Red’s reading Dracula right now. Go watch and give her cause money. 

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Donation links to help Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Fiona

I know I said this blog is dead, but it is still my blog with the most reach, so I'm gonna use it for good

For those of you who do not know, Hurricane Fiona has been devastating to Puerto Rico. People are left without homes, running water, or electricity. It's a desperate situation out there right now. You can find more detailed accounts Here (NPR), Here (NY Times), and Here (NBC).

My friend in Puerto Rico- who told me how bad things are down there and is the reason I am making this post- stressed the importance that, when donating, not to give charity to the government. The people in need will never see that money. With that in mind, here are some links to nonprofit organizations to help. A little goes a long way. My personal first choice is The Maria Fund - They work with grassroots organizations in Puerto Rico to collect donations and redistribute the funds to the exact organizations that need them. You can see the list of places/groups they help on this page of their website.

If you would rather have direct control over where your money goes, other reputable options include Casa Pueblo, Taller Sauld, and Techos Pa' Mi Gente. Anything helps, and if you cannot donate money, boosting so that those who have funds see this is also helpful. Thank you

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Hyundai vuelve con el programa Hurricane Relief

(Junio de 2023) – Por tercer año consecutivo, Hyundai de Puerto Rico ofrecerá una póliza de seguro que brinda una protección adicional sin costo para cubrir daños que los clientes puedan sufrir por el impacto de los vientos asociados con el paso de fenómenos atmosféricos por la isla. Se trata del programa llamado Hurricane Relief, el cual se ofrece sin costo alguno a todos los clientes que…

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What a fuckwit!

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Want to help #HurricaneIan #FloridaStrong victims? Here’s how.

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I know many people are affected by hurricane Ian, one of which is a content creator named Moon Bunnies

They lost their house and most of their belongings and are asking for support, so please consider donating to them https://ko-fi.com/moonbunniez

(Ps the rabbit is fine but currently they have no enclosure or food for it)

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Hurricane Ian Disaster Relief Fund - Florida

The Florida Disaster Fund is the State of Florida’s official private fund established to assist Florida’s communities as they respond to and recover during times of emergency or disaster.

The Florida Disaster Fund is the State of Florida’s official private fund established to assist Florida’s communities as they respond to and recover during times of emergency or disaster. In partnership with the public sector, private sector and other non-governmental organizations, the Florida Disaster Fund supports response and recovery activities. GO TO THE FLORIDA DISASTER RELIEF WEBSITE:…

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Relate4ever Resources Disaster Relief Response

Relate4ever Resources Disaster Relief Response

This week we’ve been busy offering support to disciples in Florida. We learn how living through the storms grows us in faith while give hope to others. Please pray for those who need relief to find Relate4ever resources or a local Church of Christ.  Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over ocean water and often move toward land. Hurricanes bring high winds, heavy rain, flooding and…

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AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:

With Spain and Portugal saying that hundreds of people have died from the heat waves sweeping through Europe this month, the longer-term view might come as a surprise. Over the past 50 years, the number of deaths attributed to weather-related disasters has actually fallen. Yes, you heard that right. The World Meteorological Organization says that the number of disasters has increased five times over the past 50 years, but the number of fatalities has fallen by two-thirds. Vox climate writer Umair Irfan has delved into this paradox and joins us now. Welcome to the program, Umair.

UMAIR IRFAN: Thanks for having me, Ayesha.

RASCOE: So how can this be? Like, how can the number of deaths be falling even though we hear the news, we see the disasters? You know, seas are rising, summers are hotter, hurricanes seem to be getting stronger. So how is it possible that deaths can be down?

IRFAN: Well, there are two main factors here. One is better forecasting - basically being able to get ahead of these disasters and then hopefully being able to get people out of harm's way. So that's really prominent with things like hurricanes and heat waves. We can actually see those things days in advance. The other side of the equation is how well we can cope with things like storms, fires and heat waves when they do occur. So we have better tools - things like sea walls. We have better building codes. We have firefighting teams that can get people out of fire zones. And so between those two aspects - you know, the better forecasting and the better tools - we've been able to avert a lot of deaths, even though the global population has grown about fourfold since the start of the 20th century.

RASCOE: Are the technological advances that you're talking about available even in less-developed areas?

IRFAN: It's not, unfortunately. And you're hitting on a very important point. You know, the WMO pointed out that about 90% of disaster-related fatalities that occur today are occurring in developing countries. And there's a huge gap in terms of being able to anticipate these disasters before they occur and being able to respond to them and being able to rebuild in their aftermath. And that really is a big shortfall that a lot of world leaders are starting to get concerned about...

You know, the World Meteorological Organization, they launched this initiative to basically say that they want the whole world covered by disaster early warning systems over the next five years. And they think that this is something that's going to be taking a big bite out of the fatalities and the casualties caused by these disasters. So I think it's worth highlighting the progress that's made, but also the progress that we still need to make.

-via NPR, July 17, 2022

Thanks so much to @gardening-tea-lesbian for the link!