Oct. 24th, 2007 at 1:02 PM
morning:
'The Disaster Coordinator for the Caid Kingdom is totally on all
this. She has said all people are accounted for and are in safety at
this point. Damage assessment has not been able to be done for
obvious reasons. Once things settle and more is known, she will post
needs for the Scadians in her area. For some needs may be enormous
and a disaster relief call will be made thru the Kingdom
Coordinators. Right now she is asking folks to donate to Red Cross or
other agencies which take care of the basic needs. As we learned from
Katrina, once they can begin recovery, needs will vary and gift cards
or SCA supplies will be needed.
During Katrina, many peerages lost valuable books or equipment and
one thing lost that was unreplaceable were their scrolls. Many
Scripes across the country helped replace scrolls. Other seemingly
simple things were basic garb and kit supplies. Think of how much we
cherish our SCA closet and what's in there... How it connects us to
our family. These are the things which will be missed and needed as
we know damage for each Scadian involved.
Also, many hands were used to help in rebuilding the Gulf Wars site,
so that too may be called upon later.
For the moment, she has requested prayers and to keep them in your
thoughts.'
Hearing that everyone is safe and accounted for is DEFINITELY a good
thing! I know there has been an outpouring of support from the SCA
community with offers of places for the evacuees to stay and other
means of support. I have not heard any official news on the Potrero
War site, but I believe it may have been in harms way - we'll have to
see how things pan out.
In Service (albeit from the West),
THL Syele