About 20 volunteers will be on the ground in Texas by the end of the day on Monday. The organization, created in response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, has a network of over 50,000 volunteers. Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that brings veterans and first responders to disaster zones, is also using the map to chart out where volunteers are most needed. The map populates with the names and locations of people who need rescuing and notes who has been rescued.Ī Little Girl’s Inspiring Note To Her Police Officer Dad As He Heads Out To Help Harvey Victims READ MORE: Shooting In South Philadelphia Injures 2 Men, Police Say The Cajun Navy has created an interactive map called “Hurricane Harvey Rescue.” Those in need of help fill out a Google form and indicate their location. While rescuers use this data to help find folks who need help, groups have also developed a grassroots data effort to collect information about victims and to let people know when they’re safe. Many people are also using social media to ask for assistance, including Twitter and Facebook. Neighbors, out-of-state volunteers, and even reporters are rescuing stranded residents in Houston and other areas of Texas to assist overburdened first responders.
The relatively unknown communication app is one tech tool groups of volunteers are using to find people in need of rescue. Listen for a few minutes and you can understand how dire the situation is for families trapped in their homes. People can also talk to each other in private chats. Stranded victims are uploading messages asking for help, while volunteers are talking to them directly, letting them know when help is on the way.
The push-to-talk app lets users send voice messages to different channels that can be heard from anyone listening to the channel. Photo Of Dog Carrying Bag Of Food During Harvey Becomes Symbol Of Resilience On Zello, the volunteer organization Cajun Navy - founded in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina - is mobilizing rescuers through a channel called “Texas search and rescue.” In communities ravaged by Harvey, floodwaters have left people stranded on rooftops, relying on rescue from volunteers and first responders. These are just two of the messages that came through the walkie-talkie app Zello in one minute on Monday. “We’re three volunteers looking for anyone with boats that we can jump on and help, over.” It has been pretty incredible to watch how the people of Houston have unified under this ordeal, and its one of those rare times I have my faith in the human spirit really restored.TEXAS (CNN) - “Elderly couple trapped on roof at this address.” READ MORE: Crew Of Armed Robbers Responsible For 10 Robberies Involving High-End Watches, Philadelphia Police Say
Not all of them are financially well off or have connections to Houston, but these are skilled tradesmen who have professional training in response to emergency situations (sort of a must-have if you work in oil and gas, and many volunteer firefighters etc.) These are people who are working 14 days at 12+ hours a day straight and many of them are already planning on using their 14 days 'off' to come to Houston to help out - meaning even more physical labor and long days away from their own families - just to head back out at the end of the two weeks to go back to work. They get a bad rep in the press and pop culture, but of the vast majority I have so far worked with, only a few really could live up to that stigma. I work offshore in the GoM with (majority) folks from Louisiana and Mississippi. Original subreddit logo by oncheosis, new version by ryushe, header background from AintAintAWord, sidebar image from unknown