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See also: Special Hurricanes 2004 Update, September 23. September 21, 2004 USA and Caribbean: Hurricanes Set Off Tornadoes, Floods UMCOR emergency field staff plan to assess damage in Grenada and Jamaica as soon as commercial air traffic resumes. The islands received severe buffeting from Hurricane Ivan. In Cuba and the Bahamas, UMCOR grants have gone to work providing relief supplies, emergency shelter, and building materials so families can make their homes safe and dry. Hurricane Ivan lashed densely populated beach areas of Pensacola, ripping away houses a city block deep and flattening other residences and buildings as it spun northeast. An initial UMCOR grant will assist the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference to distribute food, water, and ice and to begin recovery efforts. Workers are setting up three distribution points-- Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, and Blue Lake. Cleanup will begin when access to affected areas has eased so families can return to their homes. A call center to coordinate both volunteers and needs is expected to be operational in Mobile this week. Watch for more hurricane news on a special UMCOR Hotline Thursday, Sept. 23. UMCOR continues its urgent call for flood buckets, the supplies volunteers use to clean up post-hurricane debris and water. Specifications are online. New-- now you can donate to this appeal online at MethodistRelief.org! Gifts of money enable specially trained disaster workers to minister in hard-hit areas, direct assistance such as rent payments, and purchase of building supplies. UMCOR anticipates that long-term recovery from these severe storms will take several years. Please give generously to UMCOR Advance #982410, Hurricanes 2004.Caucasus: Families Benefit from Medicine Box Supplies Russia: UMCOR to Fund Recovery in Beslan Resources: New E-Bulletin Insert Features Arithmetic of Sustainable Agriculture UMCOR provides emergency relief in many areas of the world. To find out more about UMCOR's ministries, please visit umcor.org. You can donate to any project by placing a contribution in the offering plate at a local United Methodist church; by sending a check to UMCOR, PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087-9068; or by calling 1-800-554-8583, where credit card donations are accepted. UMCOR is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States and qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors. And, please pray for those who are hungry, displaced, sick or in poverty because of these and other natural and human-made disasters, and for the workers who minister to them. Get the free UMCOR Hotline BE SURE TO RECEIVE OUR HOTLINE EMAILS. MAKE UMCOR YOUR BUDDY! Some Internet Service Providers like AOL, Yahoo!, Hotmail, and Juno use email filtering software that allows you to add email addresses to a "buddy," "trusted," "safe," or approved list. Please add umcor@gbgm-umc.org to your list so that our messages don't end up in "junk mail" or the "trash." |
 The northern Haitian city of Gonaives is seen flooded on September 19, 2004 after Tropical Storm Jeanne. Aid workers said half the northern coastal city of Gonaïves was still underwater. Credit: REUTERS/HO/UN/MINUSTAH/Sophia Paris courtesy www.alertnet.org.  BLUE SKIES AFTER THE STORMS: The sun has returned but a lot of relief and recovery work lies ahead for Florida and for other states in the wake of this years devastating hurricanes. Credit: Tom Hazelwood/UMCOR, September 9, 2004  Three-year-old Sandra Gomez (c) and her mother Sheree Catron (r) are rescued by civil defense rescuers from the roof of their house in the path of Tropical Storm Jeanne in the northeastern Puerto Rican Municipality of Canovanas, September 15, 2004. Credit: REUTERS/Ana Martinez courtesy www.alertnet.org. More Information About UMCOR's Work
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