Hurricane Ike Disaster Recovery – San Leon, Texas – Volunteer Trip

The recovery work continues -
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Continuing disaster relief efforts by Project417 team member Andy Coates

in September and October , there will be another volunteer trip to take part in the recovery work in Galveston County from December 13th [...]

FEMA Relief in Texas Thousands Waiting to Rebuild after Ike

Source NYTimes.com  – A letter To the Editor: from FEMA about housing relief efforts following Hurricane Ike.

Approximately 22,000 people displaced by Hurricane Ike sought and found FEMA shelter assistance. FEMA  …has reimbursed them for expenses they may have incurred. This reimbursement program was scheduled to end last week, but was extended when it became clear [...]

San Leon Hurricane Ike Survivors Glad to See Disaster Relief Workers

More updates on the mission log here.

UPDATE: Saturday, October 4th, 2008 -
I have been serving the residents of San Leon, Texas now all this week. We visit for several hours twice daily in one of the Salvation Army Mobile canteen trucks to serve fresh hot meals for lunch and dinner. We have averaged about 1,00 meals [...]

Pasadena Texas residents tell stories of Hurricane Ike damage and recovery

The Citizen, a Pasadena Texas newspaper online. Volunteer appreciation stories and residents tell of weathering Hurricane Ike and clean-up recovery in their own photos.
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Andy Coats of Project417 arrived at the Pasadena Salvation Army late Friday to help out local residents slammed by Ike, many still without power 2 weeks after [...]

Onsite with Hurricane Ike – Emergency Disaster Services Houston – Project417

Update:Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief

As of 4AM today (Sept. 26th) Andy Coats of Project417 is flying down to Houston as a member of the first Canadian Emergency Disaster Services team of the Salvation Army. There is a team of 10 in total for the first responders, and the assignment will last until October 9th, 2008. At [...]

Appeal from Houston Charity – CSM Center for Student Missions – Hurricane Ike Damages Housing Site

I received an urgent email update from our friends at CSM in Houston today:
Houston Hurricane Alert CSM Center for Student Missions
CSM Houston’s housing site lost it’s roof during Hurricane Ike. Many of you know that Houston was directly hit by Hurricane Ike. Many homes, businesses and churches were devastated by the double devastation of wind [...]

Four New Hurricane Ike Updates – Volunteer – Donate

Sept. 20, 2008 – Four new articles posted on Digg.com today that really illustrate the scope of the disaster relief efforts spawned by recent hurricanes Ike and Gustav across the Gulf Coast region and into the Midwest. Follow the read more links to visit the original news articles for photos and updated relief information. Some [...]

Hurricane Ike Victims Toll Rises – FEMA Chertoff Criticized

Hurricane Ike’s death toll in the U.S. climbed past 50 today – search teams pulled out of Galveston having searched the entire island for survivors. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff returned to Texas for a second time to check on recovery efforts amid growing criticism about the FEMA response
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Ike Death Toll Rises As Does Victims’ Pain

Hurricane’s Aftermath Leaves Millions Still Without Power Throughout Texas And Midwest – (CBS/ AP) Hurricane Ike’s death toll in the U.S. is up to 50 as authorities on the Texas coast provided more details on fatalities from the storm. Most people in the fourth-largest U.S. city of Houston remained without power, making it tough to [...]

Hurricane Ike – Photo-Essay – Disaster Underrated

Many people have been mislead by the media that Hurricanes Ike and Gustav were not that bad with the worst of the storms bypassing the gulf region, but as this picture essay attests, Hurricane Ike and it’s aftermath is a disaster of gargantuan portions. Hurricane Ike was almost 1,000 kms wide and cut a swath [...]