HURRICANE IRENE
WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE IRENE DO NOT WARRANT A NATIONAL DEPLOYMENT AT THIS TIME. CRISIS RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL IS ASKING ALL RESPONDERS TO “STAND DOWN”. IF YOU ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTED AREA WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND WAYS TO CONNECT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY EFFORTS AS AN INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER . (PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR CRI CREDENTIALS IN ANY OFFICIAL CAPACITY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF CRISIS RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL OR AN OFFICIAL CRU.)
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ANSWERED THE CALL AND WERE WILLING TO DEPLOY. WE ARE EVEN MORE GRATEFUL THAT WE DIDN’T HAVE TOO AND THE STORM WAS NOT MORE SERIOUS THAN WHAT IT WAS. AT TH SAME TIME WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES AND THOSE WHO STILL MAY BE SUFFERING IN THE MIDST OF THIS DISASTER.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THIS EVENT TO CONTINUE TO BE PREPARED FOR CRISIS. WAS YOUR GO BAG READY? DID YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SHELTER IN PLACE? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE READY TO RESPOND TO EVENTS IN YOUR OWN CITY OR HELP GET YOUR COMMUNITY PREPARED THEN PLEASE CONSIDER STARTING A CRI CHAPTER IN YOUR CITY. PLEASE EMAIL INFO@CRIOUT.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION.
|
|
HURRICANE IRENE
CRISIS RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, EAST COAST CRUs, RESPONDERS, HOUSES OF PRAYER AND CHURCHES FOR A COLLABORATE EFFORT TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO THIS STORM. WE ARE PUTTING ALL CRI TRAINED RESPONDERS ON NOTICE FOR DEPLOYMENT. WE ARE ASKING RESPONDERS THAT YOU DO NOT “SELF DEPLOY” AND TO PLEASE EMAIL DEPLOYMENT@CRIOUT.COM WITH YOUR AVAILABILITY.
CRISIS RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL IS WORKING TO SET UP A BASE CAMP AND INCIDENT COMMAND POST AT LIVINGSTONE HOUSE OF PRAYER IN NEWPORT NEWS , VIRGINIA WITH THE INTENT OF RESPONDING TO THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE IRENE IN VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, NORTH CAROLINA AND WASHINGTON D.C. AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS WE WILL NARROW THE SCOPE OF OUR RESPONSE SO THAT OUR EFFORTS WILL HAVE MAXIMUM KINGDOM IMPACT.
IF YOU HAVE SUPPLIES LIKE CHAINSAWS, RAKES BROOMS, SHOVELS, COOLERS, COOKERS, TENTS OR OTHER RESOURCES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO OUR RESPONSE PLEASE EMAIL DEPLOYMENT@CRIOUT.COM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR RELIEF EFFORTS PLEASE CLICK HERE OR EMAIL PAGE@CRIOUT.COM FOR ASSISTANCE.
THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS HURRICANE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TO SEEK SHELTER AND TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THE SAFTEY OF YOURSELF AND OTHERS AROUND YOU. PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK ON EDERLY OR DISABLED NEIGHBORS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EVACUATE OR SHELTER IN PLACE LONG TERM.
IN THE MEANTIME I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO INTERCEDE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST COAST AND THE DEEPENING CRISIS IN AMERICA. AS OUR TEAM GATHERED AND WEPT FOR THOSE THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM WE WERE TROUBLED BY WHAT THE NAME IRENE MEANS (GODDESS OF PEACE) AND THE CORRELATION TO JEREMIAH 23:16-20. AS A CHUCH AND A NATION WE MUST RETURN TO THE ANCIENT PATHS OF SIMPLE HUMILITY AND REPENTANCE IF WE WANT TO SEE TRUE RELIEF FROM OUR PRESENT CRISIS.
|
|
|
|
|
| Crisis Response International
5206 East 135th Street
Grandview, MO 64030
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our team is currently making assessments and awaiting reports from the ground. At this time we are asking CRI trained responders to be on stand by and to email deployment@criout.com with your availability and/or resources. Earlier this year Sean and Laura Malone traveled to the Island of Eleuthera to partner with a local organization and lay the ground work for deployment into the region as well as set up aviation fly-ins in times of emergency. The eye of Irene ended was projected to pass directly over the base they visited and we are currently awaiting current information on how we can best serve the needs of the island and the host organization. We ask that you please keep this situation in your prayers as it continues to unfold. Irene is also projected to make U.S. landfall later this week. You can keep up to date with CRI’s deployments by visiting the Crisis Response International Facebook page.
