A place for people on Cat Island, Bahamas and abroad to post information, photos and let others know what is needed on Cat Island, Bahamas due to the devastation of hurricane Irene.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Posting and comments
Hi all,
PLEASE READ ALL COMMENTS. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET IMPORTANT MESSAGES OUT!
UNfortunately, I have very sporadic cell coverage and I'm without power.
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If anyone has any info on the houses on the beach in Old Bight, ie. Rick Frosts, Liz & Charles, etc, please RSVP. We can contact them directly. Bob & Patti...Cat House at Greenwood
We will be flying in to Cat Sunday Sept. 4th. Supplies we have already collected are a chainsaw, battery powered hand tools, safety equipment (like gloves, eye protection, face masks), first aid supplies. Please let us know what else is needed. We have arranged with Bahama Air to transport additional supplies as well. We will be in Nassau Saturday afternoon and there will pick up water and whatever else we find out is needed. PLease let us know what other immediate needs are. We will fly into Arthur's Town and be at Pompey Rock from the 4th to the 11th. We will also be finding out what additional longer range needs are of families, business and organizations and will be working with organizations (like Red Cross, Girl Scouts and local churches)as well as businesses in Grand Junction , Colorado to pair them up with theose in need to continue bringing in things that are needed in the future. We will also be printing out all the posts from this blog to see if we can find out answers to posters questions. If you would like to contact us directly please email mattandsoonerare@yahoo.com Matt and Sooner Halvorson
Article with info on Da Smoke Pot, Perriwinkles, and Sammy T's; see: http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12458&Itemid=2
I've heard that water is a pressing need on the island.
ReplyDeleteThis group is working on an immediate shipment:
http://www.remoteisland.org/
And my group is asking for commitments to donate for a large shipment of relief supplies:
http://catislandhelp.blogspot.com/
Hans
If anyone has any info on the houses on the beach in Old Bight, ie. Rick Frosts, Liz & Charles, etc, please RSVP. We can contact them directly. Bob & Patti...Cat House at Greenwood
ReplyDeletePlease bring water if you are flying in!!......Hans
ReplyDeleteWe will be flying in to Cat Sunday Sept. 4th. Supplies we have already collected are a chainsaw, battery powered hand tools, safety equipment (like gloves, eye protection, face masks), first aid supplies. Please let us know what else is needed. We have arranged with Bahama
ReplyDeleteAir to transport additional supplies as well. We will be in Nassau Saturday afternoon and there will pick up water and whatever else we find out is needed. PLease let us know what other immediate needs are. We will fly into Arthur's Town and be at Pompey Rock from the 4th to the 11th. We will also be finding out what additional longer range needs are of families, business and organizations and will be working with organizations (like Red Cross, Girl Scouts and local churches)as well as businesses in Grand Junction , Colorado to pair them up with theose in need to continue bringing in things that are needed in the future.
We will also be printing out all the posts from this blog to see if we can find out answers to posters questions.
If you would like to contact us directly please email mattandsoonerare@yahoo.com
Matt and Sooner Halvorson
Article with info on Da Smoke Pot, Perriwinkles, and Sammy T's; see:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12458&Itemid=2
kristy from old bight here,
ReplyDeletethe houses on on OB beach have very little damage
dean and patti are ok, some roof damage.
cat house is ok, a coconut tree fell on roof in LR but the ceiling is still intact. a lot of water in there.
most houses at HN came through ok, roof damage water leaks.
the resort is still standing
Just got a text from Evan - he said the power is on in Arthur's Town - don't have any more details
ReplyDeleteDear Cat Island friends;
ReplyDeleteA little change in plan.
If you are shipping items from Florida via G&G please address them to the following:
HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORT
THE GOVERNMNET OF THE BAHAMAS
ATTN: NEMA
CAT ISLAND
The freight will be free and the government will distribute the items fairly.
Thank you all for a great effort and continue the good work.
Chris
Pics from Arthurs Town
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Relief efforts
ReplyDeletehttp://remoteisland.org/
http://www.tribune242.com/news/09022011_stormassessment_news_pg
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me
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