How to help...:
Red Cross - stipulate that your money be sent to Grenada [Unfortunately it seems that the Red Cross has not set up a Special Fund for Grenada, consider contributing to the Grenada Consulate General Relief Fund)
The Consulate General of Grenada has set up a disaster relief fund. See below
For New Yorkers who wants to offer any kind of help, they can carry any donations of anything to Square Deal shippers at Church Avenue and East 45th Street Brooklyn, in care of GM shipping

Relief operations for Grenada on Trinidad are being coordinated by The Trinidad and Tobago National Emergency Management Agency and the collection point is Shed #10, Port of Spain Docks, Port of Spain by Friday 2004 Sept. 10 at Noon.
For those of you in Toronto who want to send items to Grenada, Arlene Taylor is organizing a shipment of a container. E-mail: arlktaylor@yahoo.com
Know of any other relief efforts? E-mail gert@gobeach.com

- SITREP #4 - Hurricane Ivan impact on Grenada
From: CDERA Information Unit <pubinfo AT cdera.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 02:19:43 GMT

ISSUED BY: Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
DATE: September 8, 2004
TIME: 10 pm

SITUATION REPORT #4 - HURRICANE IVAN IMPACT ON GRENADA


The Event: Hurricane Ivan a Category 3 system with sustained winds of 115mph
impacted Grenada on Tuesday September 7, 2004 leaving a trail of damage. All
utilities were knocked out but limited communication has been restored with the
Emergency Operation Centre (EOC). Hurricane Ivan has cleared the island and is
now headed towards Jamaica where a hurricane watch is in effect. A CDERA team
is in Grenada providing EOC support.

The Prognosis: Weather conditions in Grenada normal.


THE SITUATION
Grenada
A CDERA team is on the ground in Grenada providing support to the stressed
Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) personnel and confirming priority needs.

Representatives from USAIDs Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Pan
American Health Organisation are also on the ground.

A Rapid Needs Assessment Team (RNAT) comprising multi-discipline specialist
from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Office for
Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), International Federation of the Red
Cross, UNICEF, UNIFEM, PAHO, Environmental Unit of the OECS, and CARILEC.

The Caribbean Disaster Response Unit (CDRU) and CARILEC are deploying
restoration teams Thursday and Friday.

A vessel with relief supplies from the National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) of Trinidad and Tobago leaves Thursday for Grenada. NEMA is the CDERA
sub-regional focal point with responsibility for Grenada.

Four people are confirmed dead. CDERA has requested the names of the dead under
confidential cover so that it may provide negative responses to the hundreds of
calls that it has been receiving from the Grenadian Disaspora around the world.

Sixty people are hospitalized with injuries.

The British naval vessel HMS Richmond is assisting the Grenada Broadcasting
Network with establishing an emergency transmitter so that the Government may
communicate with the people. They also restored power to the Grenada General
Hospital and restocked it with medical supplies from its own stores.

Nine of every ten buildings are damaged or destroyed. Virtually every school
and church in the Capital St Georges as well as the police headquarters has
been destroyed. The only two buildings in reasonable condition are the Grenada
General Hospital and Government Headquarters.

There is no water, no electricity and very limited cell phone coverage. Only
some cell towers are functional.

Security situation is grave and the Regional Security System has deployed
security personnel.

All prisoners are on the loose.

Coast Guard has no search and rescue facilities.

EOC communication was re-established with the assistance of Grenadian amateur
radio operators.

The habour is open though a 300-foot vessel is lodged there. The airport runway
has been cleared but the control tower is not yet functional.

CDERA has been receiving numerous calls from around the world on the health and
welfare of residents and visitors to Grenada.


PRELIMINARY NEEDS ASSESSMENT
1. EOC operations require urgent strengthening
2. A distribution mechanism needs to be put in place to handle relief
supplies
3. Tents, cots, food, water, roofing material urgently required
4. Law and order needs to be maintained
5. Customs and immigration needs to be re-established at ports of entry
6. Air Traffic Control need to be re-established



ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF GRENDA:

1. Deputy Coordinator of CDERA Audrey Mullings is support EOC operations
in St Georges

2. Other EOC expertise being flown in on Friday

3. The Caribbean Disaster Response Unit is being deployed. Advance
contingent arrived on island today.

4. The Regional Security System has deployed security personnel and is
providing another contingent to assist with internal security.

5. Trinidad and Tobago, the CDERA sub-regional focal point for Grenada is
mobilizing a vessel to deploy relief supplies tomorrow.

6. CARILEC restoration crews are being deployed

7. The Emergency Assistance Funds operated by CDERA, CDB, FirstCaribbean
International Bank have been activated.

8. CDERA opening an appeal account at FirstCaribbean International at
their 80 branches in 20 countries in the Caribbean to support deployment of the
response teams.

9. CDERA is coordinating with the International Federation of the Red
Cross information on the health and welfare of residents and visitors to
Grenada. This information is to be posted on at www.cdera.org


The CDERA CU continues to issue SITREPs on Hurricane Ivan which may be viewed
at www.cdera.org. The UN/OCHA Reliefweb service is also posting SITREPS at
www.reliefweb.int





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- Update on boats in Grenada, SSB radio contact for cruisers seeking info

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:10:06 EDT

Gert: received this email message from my husband Tom who is aboard our
boat Serendipity at Rodney Bay Marina, St. Lucia (he said the boats there
sustained no significant damage). I am in NY with our daughter, visiting
and will be returning to St. Lucia Tuesday. Tom's SSB call is w1dkb.
Other cruisers looking for news about fellow boaters and all our friends
on Grenada might be interested in his message, which follows:
"Just found out Gregg and Carol 'New Passages' are ok, he is passing
messages for others on airmail and sailmail (KI4CIU@winlink.org). Gary
and Sharon on 'Illusion' are OK but their boat is missing. Just talked
with Greg there are at the yacht club. The concrete dock is fine, the
building is trash ..minor damage on boat...two British war ships in the
area assisting (one is HMS Richman). He is becoming 'Radio Grenada'.
Winlink is setting up a special pmbo etc for him....Yahoo is ok. Clarks
Court is gone."
Our hearts go out to all our boating friends and the wonderful people of
Grenada. Nothing can destroy the spirit of this island, which has been
our home away from home the past two years. God bless... Karen Gray, s/y
Serendipity

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Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.

please continue in one thread so we can all see the info.

http://www.valuemd.com/viewtopic.php?t=23935&start=15

__________________
Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.