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Response and Recovery in Staten Island

Response and Recovery in Staten Island. Red Cross Response in NYC for Hurricane Sandy.

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Response and Recovery in Staten Island

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  1. Response and Recovery in Staten Island

  2. Red Cross Response in NYC for Hurricane Sandy This was a wide area catastrophic disaster affecting the most heavily populated city in North America. Superstorm Sandy was a massive storm that caused a tremendous amount of destruction. The American Red Cross has responded with what could be our biggest U.S. disaster response in the past five years.

  3. HQ Operations Center I was assigned to the Community Partnerships Services Activity, and sent to Staten Island for Thanksgiving. During that week, the Red Cross delivered more than 20,000 food boxes and 35,000 hot meals to survivors. It was not enough.

  4. South Beach The tidal surge, not the winds, was the cause of most of the destruction.

  5. Staten Island destruction About 40,000 people in Staten Island suffered damage to their homes. Raw sewage, toxic waste, asbestos and mold created a public health crisis for residents and responders alike.

  6. The business district off South Beach The ones that survived pitched in to help.

  7. New Yorkers are resilient Long before the Red Cross and FEMA were able to stand up an effective response, the residents began taking care of themselves. Sandy was a massive storm covering a huge geography. It took time to get to certain areas with treacherous roads, heavy traffic and gas shortages.

  8. Aimin Youssef-Midland Avenue Recovery Group Aimin was a local hero. His house here on Midland Ave was red tagged, but he stayed on his feet for a month, managing donations and taking care of his neighbors, sleeping under a tarp.

  9. Residents assisted in their own recovery .

  10. St Margaret and Mary Catholic Church Activity Center Became the Community Recovery Headquarters for Staten Island. The community decided this. FEMA and the Red Cross not located there, originally

  11. The Knights of Columbus “Comfort Grill” All are welcome, volunteers, workers, residents. Everyone eats for free, from donated food cooked by Knights. Most of these guys are retired NYPD and NYFD, many of them are 9/11 survivors.

  12. Occupy Movement The protest movement working side by side with NYPD. Very interesting information about crowd sourcing, emergent systems and use of social media. I suspect we will be studying this one for some time to come.

  13. Improvised Recovery Center at the VFW “Stores” like this one popped up where spontaneous donations met local need

  14. By the numbers The Red Cross has made more than 72,000 health and mental health contacts since landfall, trained more than 10,000 people, served over 7 million meals and snacks, and distributed over 700,000 bulk items, clean up kits and comfort items.

  15. New Yorkers are resilient They have deep roots in the community, going back generations. That makes the idea of relocation unbearable for some.

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