It has been quite a day here today, lots of relief efforts going on. I’ve been working in the Outreach building (live view here) most of the day making sure that our communication lines stay open as we continue to hammer away at phone calls, e-mails and most importantly Internet communication and donations via our [...]
Me and Glenda are sitting here on the bed and boy is it hot!!! I just found out they declared martial law in Louisiana to help curb some of the looting and vandalism. We had to throw most of the stuff in our refridgerator and all of the stuff in our freezer away today because [...]
Things ramped up today as our media guys and leadership teams got into action making calls, organizing work teams, finding and distributing food. It all seems like deja-vu from our previous times with 9-11 and Sri Lanka. This time everything seems to have hit a higher mark of excellence and organization despite chaos that has [...]
Today is a crazy day at HPC. In true hPC style we’re gearing up for massive outreach - this time it’s right in our own backyard. With the exception of the sign, the church emerged unscathed from the hurricane - didn’t even have any computer issues after the power came back. Miracle. It’s a good [...]
It is getting worse now. Wind is really picking up. I just got in from helping neighbor hook up his generator. Top fell out of a tree and had to cut it out of the telephone wire in the rain. All else is good though. Heard people a street over had their house crushed by [...]