Needs Are Great

UPDATE

The American Red Cross is now monitoring my Facebook page… If you have urgent needs, please post them there..

https://www.facebook.com/jamesspann/

The needs across our state remain great. With the national publicity, there is great response in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. However, in many of the more rural areas, there has been little in the way of mass relief. For those of you with a Facebook account, see this post from my page:

https://www.facebook.com/jamesspann/posts/10150175734910842

There is no well defined central clearing house at this point… I will be speaking with Red Cross and other relief agency officials shortly as we attempt to get the ball rolling.

Having said that, these are some communities that need manpower, supplies, food, water, etc. Best thing I can tell you now is to just drive there and show up. HOWEVER, we know that law enforcement and the National Guard is turning volunteers away at some places due to natural gas leaks, looting, etc. It is a very confusing situation, and I am working on getting some kind of solution since so many people want to help but don’t know what to do.

Sawyerville (Hale County south of Tuscaloosa)
High Point (DeKalb County)
Shoal Creek Valley (St. Clair County)
Brookwood (Tuscaloosa County)
Cordova (Walker County)
Holt (Tuscaloosa County)
Eoline (Bibb County)
Websters Chapel (Calhoun County)
Rainsville (DeKalb County)

Understand, this is NOT a list of all tornado disaster scenes, but of places where the needs seem to be most urgent. I will post an update as soon as possible…

Category: Severe Weather