{"id":17866,"date":"2024-10-02T08:48:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/?p=17866"},"modified":"2024-10-05T10:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T14:56:40","slug":"mutual-aid-and-autonomous-disaster-relief-groups-mobilize-in-wake-of-hurricane-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/02\/mutual-aid-and-autonomous-disaster-relief-groups-mobilize-in-wake-of-hurricane-helene\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutual Aid and Autonomous Disaster Relief Groups Mobilize in Wake of Hurricane Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We wanted to post this a few days ago but we needed to do maintenance on the site. We hope that this information is useful to everyone and we send our love to all those dealing with the aftermath, in particular those who have lost people in this tragedy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It’s Going Down<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Category 4 storm, Hurricane Helene, one of the largest storms to hit the Gulf Coast in a century, collided into the Big Bend area of Northern Florida on Thursday, before moving into neighboring states of Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and the Carolinas. According to media reports, upwards of 60 people have already been confirmed dead, although the death toll is expected to rise as many municipalities have yet to release official numbers as cell phone service and internet remains down and millions are currently without power. Extreme flooding has been reported in Atlanta, GA and Asheville, NC, as whole communities are left stranded and lacking proper shelter and access to clean drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Truthout <\/em><\/a>reported, \u201cWhile hurricanes are no stranger to the Gulf Coast, climate change has intensified<\/a> their destructive impacts, and Hurricane Helene is the just the latest case of the extreme weather events that are rising in their frequency and ferocity.\u201d Compounding this crisis is the fact that many people on the Gulf coast<\/a> lack \u201cflood insurance, because repeated strikes by powerful hurricanes have driven up insurance rates to unaffordable levels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As someone from Triangle Mutual Aid <\/em><\/a>reported, \u201cThe geographic scale of this disaster is beyond anything most of us have dealt with before. It\u2019s most similar to hurricane Katrina in my experience, though over much different terrain and with people completely unprepared for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What follows is a collection of autonomous mutual aid groups and disaster relief resources<\/a> that are being mobilized in the southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Please consider boosting and donating to these groups and organizing support for supply chains to impacted areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Fund<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There is a wide network of mutual aid groups responding on the ground to the impacts of Hurricane Helene, but a huge hub for these efforts is Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (MADR)<\/a>. Check out their Instagram account<\/a> for updates. They write<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is actively responding to the impacts of Hurricane Helene from Florida to the Carolinas. Supplies and financial support are needed. Several supply hubs are forming to connect the MADR Supply Line. Locations and drop times are coming soon. If you can donate directly, ALL funds go to on the ground response and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will continue to update our socials with information we receive from allies on the ground. If you would like to help, your time is priceless. Drivers, medics, kitchen crews, #foodnotbombs<\/a>, muck and gut work, roofing, electricians, solar installers, chainsaw crews, clearing debris\u2026All needed. Email us at mutualaiddisasterrelief@gmail.com<\/strong> to plug in!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Donate to Mutual Aid Disaster Relief here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n