I drove through both Moore and El Reno, OK this week. The visible damage is enormous. As we sit back in the relative comfort of our rigs, think about the hundreds whose homes were literally blown away, and are depending on relief agencies for everything. Gang, an extra 10 bucks on your phone bill ain't gonna break you! I urge everyone who has a safe place to sleep to text American red cross to 90999. We have to help ourselves, the darn government sure can't! Be blessed!!!!!!!
Terry and Jo said
04:43 AM Jun 6, 2013
As an Oklahoma City resident, please allow me to offer the thanks of Oklahoma to all that have donated towards the relief efforts in all of the areas of Oklahoma that have been hit by tornadoes lately. It is really a pleasure to be able to state that the first waves of assistance to the victims and emergency responders came from individuals and not government. By its very nature, it takes time to mobilize something as large as a government agency and all of its entities.
To give an example of the private individual assistance, the day after the Moore tornado on the 20th of May, Glenn Beck and his Mercury One charity organization had delivered two semi-truck loads of needed supplies. If I remember what I read correctly, Mercury One also accepted donations from radio show listeners from all around the country to the tune of around $2,000,000 in the days that followed. A number of the "local" energy companies like Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy, and other natural gas companies had all donated a lot of money. Both Chesapeake and Devon contributed $1,000,000.
A call went out by the TV stations here in Oklahoma City that evening and cars were lined up from each of the stations for over a mile in about every direction. Those were all local people driving by and dropping off food, water, gloves, shovels, and so many other necessary things.
More than anything else, thanks for all the prayers for our cities and our citizens. Considering that both the Moore and El Reno tornadoes were rated as EF-5 events, the death toll has been surprisingly less than expected.
Thanks to all.
Terry
Jo And Craig said
09:43 AM Jun 6, 2013
We contributed through our church. Volunteers drove to Oklahoma (from the Houston, TX area), pulling a U-Haul trailer of items that we as a church had collected in just one afternoon. It is our duty, honor, and privilege to assist in time of need. We are so blessed, and our hearts and prayers go out to everyone who is picking up the pieces... literally. God bless them one and all!
-- Edited by Mary Sunshine on Thursday 6th of June 2013 09:57:55 AM
Terry and Jo said
05:36 PM Jun 6, 2013
I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning that volunteers here in Oklahoma from as far west as California and as far east as the Carolinas.
Is this a great country, or what?
Terry
Bill and Linda said
07:12 PM Jun 6, 2013
Terry and Jo wrote:
I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning that volunteers here in Oklahoma from as far west as California and as far east as the Carolinas.
Is this a great country, or what?
Terry
We had a call from our North Carolina Mission Relief Quick Response Team within 12 hours of the storm as they were already staging the equipment to leave for Moore.Additional requests have been made for skid operators and equipment which seem to have been filled already.
We couldn’t go due to previous commitments. But I know the tractor trailers, probably including "Manna-One" the people feeding semi-truck rig - left Raleigh quickly to support the needs in OK.It’s just what they do.
I drove through both Moore and El Reno, OK this week. The visible damage is enormous. As
we sit back in the relative comfort of our rigs, think about the hundreds whose homes were literally blown away, and are depending on relief agencies for everything. Gang, an extra 10 bucks on your phone bill ain't gonna break you! I urge everyone who has a safe place to sleep to text American red cross to 90999. We have to help ourselves, the darn government sure can't! Be blessed!!!!!!!
As an Oklahoma City resident, please allow me to offer the thanks of Oklahoma to all that have donated towards the relief efforts in all of the areas of Oklahoma that have been hit by tornadoes lately. It is really a pleasure to be able to state that the first waves of assistance to the victims and emergency responders came from individuals and not government. By its very nature, it takes time to mobilize something as large as a government agency and all of its entities.
To give an example of the private individual assistance, the day after the Moore tornado on the 20th of May, Glenn Beck and his Mercury One charity organization had delivered two semi-truck loads of needed supplies. If I remember what I read correctly, Mercury One also accepted donations from radio show listeners from all around the country to the tune of around $2,000,000 in the days that followed. A number of the "local" energy companies like Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy, and other natural gas companies had all donated a lot of money. Both Chesapeake and Devon contributed $1,000,000.
A call went out by the TV stations here in Oklahoma City that evening and cars were lined up from each of the stations for over a mile in about every direction. Those were all local people driving by and dropping off food, water, gloves, shovels, and so many other necessary things.
More than anything else, thanks for all the prayers for our cities and our citizens. Considering that both the Moore and El Reno tornadoes were rated as EF-5 events, the death toll has been surprisingly less than expected.
Thanks to all.
Terry
We contributed through our church. Volunteers drove to Oklahoma (from the Houston, TX area), pulling a U-Haul trailer of items that we as a church had collected in just one afternoon. It is our duty, honor, and privilege to assist in time of need. We are so blessed, and our hearts and prayers go out to everyone who is picking up the pieces... literally. God bless them one and all!
-- Edited by Mary Sunshine on Thursday 6th of June 2013 09:57:55 AM
I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning that volunteers here in Oklahoma from as far west as California and as far east as the Carolinas.
Is this a great country, or what?
Terry
We had a call from our North Carolina Mission Relief Quick Response Team within 12 hours of the storm as they were already staging the equipment to leave for Moore. Additional requests have been made for skid operators and equipment which seem to have been filled already.
We couldn’t go due to previous commitments. But I know the tractor trailers, probably including "Manna-One" the people feeding semi-truck rig - left Raleigh quickly to support the needs in OK. It’s just what they do.