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Scam Alert
Date: September 4, 2005
Scam Warning: There are already "news releases" directing people to donate to a general fund that has nothing to do with hurricane relief efforts. This way the group gets to make money while members think they are donating to help those in actual need. Instead “surplus” monies are kept to fund other projects unrelated to the reason donations are being sent to begin with. Please remember to make sure your donation is being used to directly benefit victims of Katrina unless you wish to make an additional donation unrelated to the disaster. At silentlambs we make available websites where you can do this directly, click the picture above to access those links if you wish to assist our work in assisting abuse survivors you have arrangements to do that as well.
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Latest developments
Date: September 4, 2005
It was announced today at the Public Meeting in the local Kingdom Hall that so far no loss of life has been reported among Witnesses. 23 Kingdom Halls have sustained heavy water damage, 8 are completely submerged, 2 are partially submerged and 1 was completely destroyed. Various disaster relief committees along with Regional Building Committees (RBCs) are coordinating the relief effort in their respective zones.
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Missing Persons page updated
Date: September 3, 2005
American
Red Cross Website
link: Telephone:
1- 877- LOVED 1S |
For
other websites recommended by FEMA go to:
http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/katrinamissing.shtm
If
you know the local congregation of your loved one,
you may want to call or send a letter
to their Kingdom Hall. Search for the published address and telephone number
at www.google.com (for example, search
for “kingdom halls near Carencro , Louisiana .”
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Helpful Links
Date: September 3, 2005
Official websites
watchtower.org
Watchtower Society Official Web Site.
jw-media.org
Authorized site of the Public Affairs Office of Jehovah's Witnesses.
fema.gov
Agency of the US government tasked with Disaster Response & Recovery.
Tools for those traveling to the disaster area
Google
Maps
Street maps with superimposed satellite/aerial imagery.
Free
Download: Google Earth
Extremely useful and detailed mapping and satellite imaging tool. Provides GPS
coordinates of specific addresses and locations. Current overlays of damaged
and flooded areas are available for download.
NOAA
Satellite Images
Current and very detailed satellite images of the disaster zone.
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News release at www.jw-media.org
Date: September 1, 2005
For Immediate
Release
September 1, 2005
Local Witnesses Organize to Help
Victims of Hurricane Katrina
UNITED STATES—Representatives of Jehovah’s Witnesses were cooperating with
local authorities yesterday afternoon to assess the needs of their fellow
worshippers and others
victimized by the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Initial reports indicate that Witnesses who sought refuge in the Superdome
in New Orleans are now being evacuated to the Astrodome in Houston , Texas
, some 350 miles away. Some
Witnesses who are residents of New Orleans and surrounding areas were not
in the city because they were attending a Witness convention in Beaumont
, Texas , when the hurricane made landfall. By that Sunday afternoon, arrangements
were made for all of them to be accommodated in the homes of their
fellow worshippers in the Beaumont and Houston areas until they can return
home.
Witnesses across the United States were moved to offer their services,
donations, and/or materials to those needing assistance. A relief committee
is being set up to coordinate these matters once a clearer picture of the extent
of the damage is available.
Media Contact: J. R. Brown, telephone: (718) 560-5600
Web link:
http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm?content=/region/a ericas/usa/english/releases/humanitarian/usa_e050901.htm
