RITA MONITORING & DISASTER RELIEF RESOURCES

Hurricane Rita: Texas Preparedness Information and Links

Texas Governor's Division of Emergency Management

Hurricane Rita Information -- Texas Division of Emergency Management

Links -- Texas Division of Emergency Management

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Galveston County Web Site

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) -- Galveston County

Useful Telephone Numbers -- Galveston County OEM

Links -- Galveston County OEM

Sheriff -- Galveston County ***

City of Galveston -- Web Site

Office of Emergency Management -- Galveston City

Police -- Galveston City

Fire -- Galveston City

Texas A&M University at Galveston -- Emergency Response Plan

University of Texas Medical Branch -- Institutional Emergency Operations Plan

Red Cross -- Galveston Area

Salvation Army -- Galveston County and City

NOTE: Scroll down to alphabetical listing, and click on "G."

United Way of Galveston, Incorporated

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Nueces County Web Site

Nueces County Sheriff's Department

Emergency Management -- City of Corpus Christi

Police Department -- City of Corpus Christi

Fire Stations -- City of Corpus Christi

Red Cross -- Coastal Bend Chapter, Corpus Christi

Salvation Army -- Corpus Christi Area

NOTE: Scroll down to alphabetical listing, and click on "C."

United Way of the Coastal Bend -- Corpus Christi

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Texas Association of Community Action Agencies
2512 I.H. 35 South, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78704-5751
E-Mail: tacaa@tacaa.org

Telephone: 512/462-2555
Fax: 512/462-2004

Web Site

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The following listings are from the OCS Community Action Agency Directory for Texas

Galveston County Community Action Council
Norma Mitchell
Executive Director
PO Box 3206
Galveston, TX 77552
Phone: 409-765-7878 Fax: 409-765-9951
Email: norma.mithcell@gccac.org

Gulf Coast Community Services Association
Jonita Solomon
Executive Director
PO Box 230889
Houston, TX 77223
Phone: 713-393-4700 Fax: 713-393-4751
Email: drjwsolomon@gccsa.org

Nueces County Community Action Agency
Joe A. Martinez
Executive Director
4760 Old Brownsville Road
Corpus Christi, TX 78405
Phone: 361-833-7201 Fax: 361-833-9173
Email: jam@nccaatx.org

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Galveston, Houston, and Nueces County Community Action Web Sites:

Galveston County Community Action Council

Gulf Coast Community Services Association

Nueces County Community Action Agency

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Texas Civic Action Network E-Mail Group
Links

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Texas Major Metropolitan Area Emergency Preparedness E-Mail Groups and Links

Austin
Links

Dallas - Fort Worth
Links

El Paso
Links

Houston
Links

San Antonio
Links

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Gulf Coast Disaster and Recovery Links

Civil Preparedness and Emergency Response Links

Community Action Gulf Coast Disaster Response and Recovery E-Mail Network

USA Major Metropolitan Area Emergency Preparedness E-Mail Groups

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monitor Directly on a Shortwave Radio with a BFO for SSB or a Ham Radio

Publically Announced Standard Emergency Net Freqs (excluding MARS and SHARES):

03845.0 LSB Gulf Coast West Hurricane
03862.5 LSB Mississippi Section Traffic
03873.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
03873.0 LSB Louisiana ARES Emergency (night)
03873.0 LSB Texas ARES Emergency (night)
03873.0 LSB Mississippi ARES Emergency
03910.0 LSB Mississippi ARES
03910.0 LSB Louisiana Traffic
03923.0 LSB Mississippi ARES
03925.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
03925.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency (altn)
03935.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
03935.0 LSB Louisiana ARES (health & welfare)
03935.0 LSB Texas ARES (health & welfare)
03935.0 LSB Mississippi ARES (health & welfare)
03935.0 LSB Alabama Emergency
03940.0 LSB Southern Florida Emergency
03950.0 LSB Northern Florida Emergency
03955.0 LSB South Texas Emergency
03965.0 LSB Alabama Emergency (altn)
03967.0 LSB Gulf Coast (outgoing traffic)
03975.0 LSB Texas RACES
03993.5 LSB Gulf Coast (health & welfare)
03995.0 LSB Gulf Coast Wx
07225.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
07235.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency
07235.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
07235.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency
07240.0 LSB American Red Cross US Gulf Coast Disaster
07240.0 LSB Texas Emergency
07243.0 LSB Alabama Emergency
07245.0 LSB Southern Louisiana
07248.0 LSB Texas RACES
07250.0 LSB Texas Emergency
07260.0 LSB Gulf Coast West Hurricane
07264.0 LSB Gulf Coast (health & welfare)
07265.0 LSB Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio (SATERN) (altn)
07273.0 LSB Texas ARES (altn)
07280.0 LSB NTS Region 5
07280.0 LSB Louisiana Emergency (altn)
07283.0 LSB Gulf Coast (outgoing only)
07285.0 LSB West Gulf ARES Emergency (day)
07285.0 LSB Louisiana ARES Emergency (day)
07285.0 LSB Mississippi ARES Emergency
07285.0 LSB Texas ARES Emergency (day)
07290.0 LSB Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
07290.0 LSB Gulf Coast Wx
07290.0 LSB Texas ARES (health & welfare)
07290.0 LSB Louisiana ARES (health & welfare) (day)
07290.0 LSB Texas ARES (health & welfare)
07290.0 LSB Mississippi ARES (health & welfare)
14265.0 USB Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio (SATERN) (health & welfare) 14300.0 USB Intercontinental Traffic
14300.0 USB Maritime Mobile Service
14303.0 USB International Assistance & Traffic
14313.0 USB Intercontinental Traffic (altn)
14313.0 USB Maritime Mobile Service (altn)
14316.0 USB Health & Welfare
14320.0 USB Health & Welfare
14325.0 USB Hurricane Watch (Amateur-to-National Hurricane Center)
14340.0 USB Louisiana (1900)
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TRUSTWORTHY ORGANIZATIONS FOR DONATED $$ OR WITH WHOM TO VOLUNTEER

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Support Soldier's Families Everywhere -- Special Program for those Returning to Katrina-Ravaged Area
SBC/Florida Baptist Conference -- Katrina Fund
Compassion Alliance
Samaritan's Purse
Salvation Army
Christian Contractors Association
SBC - North American Mission Board (NAMB) Disaster Relief Homepage
Red Cross Emergency Service

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Some Additional Information:

Press release from the Missouri State Emergency Agency web page:
http://sema.dps.mo.gov/Volunteering%20PR.pdf

The following agencies need your support:

Here is a list of phone numbers set up solely for cash donations and/or
volunteers.

Donate cash to:

American Red Cross
1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English,
1-800-257-7575 Spanish;
Operation Blessing
1-800-436-6348
America's Second Harvest
1-800-344-8070
Donate Cash to and Volunteer with:
Adventist Community Services
1-800-381-7171
Catholic Charities, USA
703 549-1390
Christian Disaster Response
941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
1-800-848-5818
Church World Service
1-800-297-1516
Convoy of Hope
417-823-8998
Lutheran Disaster Response
800-638-3522
Mennonite Disaster Service
717-859-2210
Nazarene Disaster Response
888-256-5886
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
800-872-3283
Salvation Army
1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief
1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
United Methodist Committee on Relief
1-800-554-8583
For further information: visit the website for the National Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at:
http://www.nvoad.org/.
-Joe Counsil-
Secretary, Phelps County Disaster Committee
(Citizen Corps & VOAD)
http://www.rollanet.org/~disaster

LINKS TO ONLINE EMERGENCY INFORMATION & RESOURCES

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