#hurricane

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badgyal-k:

Regarding Hurricane Donations:

I’m going to provide some links to get you started in terms of donation resources that are available at this time for regions affected by the hurricanes that have passed through or will be coming soon. Feel free to add on.

Houston:

Coalition for the Homeless

Houston Food Bank

LGBTQ Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund (to help homeless youth, seniors, people living with HIV, hate crime survivors, and those devastated by the storm)

SHAPE- Self-Help for African People through Education (Donations will allow SHAPE to assist with medical prescriptions, make emergency cash contributions, and more)

Flood Relief for Texas Children’s Hospital

Antigua andBarbuda:

Even though the Red Cross is Questionable, Ticketing, an app developed by Antiguans, is collecting donations in-app and all funds received will be donated to the joint efforts of the National Office of Disaster Services and the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross. Download the app on Google Play and the Apple App Store

Habitat for Humanity of Trinidad and Tobago (for Barbuda relief)

Antigua and Barbuda citizen Jessye Romeo is raising funds for Barbuda relief out of London, UK

St. Martin/St. Maarten:

St. Maarten youth living in France raise funds for relief of the island

St. Maarten Relief Fund on Youcaring 

Hurricane Disaster Relief for St. Martin/ St. Maarten on Fundly

The French and Dutch Red Cross organizations are seeking donations at this time for their respective territories  on then island (do research on any organization you are curious/ wary about before donating, as the Red Cross track record isn’t so hot)

Haiti:

Action Against Hunger

Oxfam 

Care.org

Hope for Haiti

Dominican Republic: 

Oxfam 

Outreach 360

Kinship United

Puerto Rico:

Cáritas de Puerto Rico

Americares

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha

US Virgin Islands:

USVI Relief Fund on Gofundme

UNICEF

Florida:

Feeding Florida

Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida

Florida Keys Children’s Shelter

United Way of Miami-Dade

This is just a starting list. As said before, please feel free to add on.

It goes without saying but if you cannot afford to donate, share the information so someone who can afford to help has some options or a place to start looking if they’d like to help

All my fellow Texas peoples, stay safe these next few days.  

Lilapsogender:a gender of tornadoes and hurricanes. It’s like a tornado/hurricane’s strong winds, as they tend to be stronger towards a gender at one point, and then become more agender after the peak.

Term coined by:jasongunning97

[Image: Flag with 3 stripes: Red, black, red. In the center is a simplified hurricane symbol which looks like a white circle with a black circle in the center and two “waves” coming off the top and bottom. The top pointing right and bottom pointing left].

Full size [Here]

Flags below are the same as above but with the white hurricane replaced with the colors of the specific genders.

Lilapsogirl:[Link]

Lilapsoboy:[Link]

[Image: Flag with 3 stripes: Red, black, red. In the center is a simplified tornado symbol which looks like a white, upside-down triangle that’s been cut into 4 sections].

Full size [Here]

Flags below are the same as above but with the white tornado replaced with the colors of the specific genders.

Lilapsogirl:[Link]

Lilapsoboy:[Link]

Designed by:jasongunning97

Color meanings: The red and black background represents a hurricane warning flag [Link] and the shape in the middle is a symbol for hurricanes.

Full pride gallery HERE! FAQ and “dictionary” of genders, orientations, and other related terms HERE. Send any questions to Ask-Pride-Color-Schemes!

Last year hurricane Matthew scorched the Gulf Of Mexico hitting the whole Caribbean region, parts of South-Central America, and Southern US states. Today we have hurricane Irma and Jose executing a two-punch set which will make more deaths and destruction.

We can’t continue the denial of climate change and pretend this is something out of our hands. It was predicted decades ago but dumb politicians get to keep their seats in Washington, and this is costing countless lives as well as a final bill in the order of the billions footed by US tax payers adding insult to the injury.

As of September 10 two violent hurricanes have hit the Caribbean and the US

It’s time to exit the denial in which far too many got cozy; local governments have to stop letting this disasters happen and should rethink their approach on home building in those areas who suffer the most from violent weather, from the tornado alley to the states impacted by hurricanes.

How are we going to safeguards the lives of millions of people who live in dangerous weather areas?- We stop pretending plywood and drywall are enough to shield lives with homes poorly designed and too fragile to withstand any type weather phenomena out of the norm.

The three little pigs survived because upon trial and error they develop a house that would resist the wolf’s breath.

The reconstruction process after natural calamities has become a hefty business for material providers, developers, working crews, transportation, and so on; there’s a chain of events that allows enterprises to continue to make money out of these disasters rebuilding homes.

Governments and voters have to get serious and demand a change in building practices, they have to demand future homes will be able to resist strong winds and provide a minimum amount of structure integrity to safeguard families inside their places.

Many countries around the world have been using hollow bricks to pull up all sorts of structures knowing that according to specific standards they would have resisted strong winds. It surely is a better option than constantly rebuild the same houses displacing thousands of people from their dwellings.

Nations affected by natural disasters like earthquakes have geared up to seek the latest technological achievement to save lives and their economy. Japan for instance is known for facing more than one type of calamity, yet the country knew that protecting people was a priority, so they developed engineering and architecture practices to design homes and buildings that would resist earthquakes.

Until the US government continues to set their order of business in the wrong orders many more lives will be lost, breaking down local economies until the whole landscape will be so bruised we won’t be able to turn back.

This #HurricanePreparednessWeek, take a look back at last year’s webinar to learn how to correctly interpret the National Hurricane Center forecasts and apply it to your plan to stay safe during hurricane season.

Join Andy Latto, Hurricane Specialist at the National Hurricane Center, as he discusses the main impacts of hurricanes on the Carolinas and the mid-Atlantic region. Learn how these destructive storms form and when to expect the biggest threats to the area. Andy will also discuss the National Hurricane Center’s forecast process, including tracking a storm and determining its intensity. He will illustrate some of the challenges and uncertainties faced each time they issue a forecast package. Be sure to register for this webinar to learn how to correctly interpret the National Hurricane Center forecasts and apply it to your plan to stay safe during hurricane season.

https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/hurricane-hazards-and-science.html

Photo credit: NASA

So my family is moving soon and are nowhere near done with the cleaning the house, the virus is at an all time high where I live, but, a few weeks ago I felt that maybe, just maybe, now that we were at the halfway point of the year that, maybe the worst was behind us and the second half of the year would be uphill from here on out

And now a Hurricane is coming.

Apparently my state is about to be hit with some horrible hurricane. I’ll probably lose electricity for a few days. 

My blog is queued up to run itself for a while but I’m going to feel compeltely lost without internet. 

If you send me asks, I will get to them as soon as I can.

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