I'm not trying to jump the gun so to speak, but this article bothered me a bit this morning:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/19/sev....ap/index.html

Specifically this quote:

"We've got water rising everywhere," said Jeff Korb, president of the Vanderbugh County, Indiana, commissioners.

This county is where one of our moderators, Jeremy, a.k.a. "jdrew" is a deputy sheriff. I emailed him as soon as I read this to see if there is anything we, meaning our club, can do to help.

Our Illiana Hummer Club has a program called H.E.R.T. which is an emergency response team of Hummer owners that are trained to deal with disaster recovery.

http://www.illianahummerclub.com/HERT.html

They are based out of Indiana and have helped on numerous occasions in disasters in Indiana. This is another reason I'm a part of this club. My intention is to join this team some time this year.

Anyway, I'm trying to find out what the situation is in Jeremy's county and asked if he may need assistance from these team members. It's a bit of a drive (southern Indiana vs. Northern where many of the members live) but I'm hoping if there is a need I can pull some strings and see if I can get a call issued to these members to go help out if things get bad. If that happens, I may actually take the 6 hour hike down there to help out, although I may not be in the condition to do so physically (long story).

I just wanted to make members aware in case there is anybody in Southern Indiana in the event the situation goes south that may be willing to lend a hand to one of our members and his home.

I do NOT know what the situation is or how severe yet, but when you read something like this and it's someone you care about it's hard to just dismiss it as one of those "Everything will be OK" scenarios. According to the weather reports, it's going to get worse before it gets better.

I also urge anybody in the other areas of the country where this is happening, ie; Texas, Georgia, Missouri, etc. to lend a helping hand to help someone in these bad times of theirs. You have the vehicles to do it so extend a hand and show people we are more then just egotistical truck owners. It only takes one person to change a life and help someone out. Hopefully there are already some forum members going the extra mile to do so right now.

 

Hey Mikey!

Yeah.. it's a little wet around here.. It's almost like it rained 7 or so inches

Although I can't speakin any official capacity,but from whatI can tell, we did get a lot of rain and have some flooding, there is only 1 city road closed today and just a handfull of county roads that are closed. If you look to our west in Posey county, they were hit a little harder and its a lot more rural and are having a little bit of a harder time. You really have to go far west into Illinois where they got 10 inches plus to run into any real situationsI imagine.

The problems will get a little worse I assume when the rivers start to flood. Do I expect mass chaos? No.. but there will be some displaced people I'm sure, especially those that "live on the river" at river camps and such.

From the local newspaper:
In Vanderburgh County, deputy Emergency Management Agency Director Adam Groupe said there were only scattered reports of problems beyond the closed roadways. Some houses near Pigeon Creek were dealing with rising water, he said.
By early evening, the waters appeared to be calming: Only one city road was closed, and Duckworth said a helicopter ride over the area revealed better-than-expected conditions. The emergency declaration for Vanderburgh County was lifted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Will my house get flooded? I highly doubt it.. SoI don't think I will need any help.. (Unless you wanna help me fix my roof wich is now leaking.. )

Thanks for thinking of us.. You're a true friend for sure.. (Or a polite stalker!)

 

hope u guys dry out, in the ford truck club i am in we have a hurricane response team to deliver goods and service after a hurricane C.H.A.P. chapter hurricane asistance program. these are great programs for any club to have especially with specialty vehicles such as hummers or lifted and capable trucks. if i was closer id deff help

 

Cincinnati area got hit pretty bad as well We have had Wide spread flooding. Check it out WWW.Cincinnati.com

 

That looks pretty bad. I hope Nick doesn't get hit. He has enough to deal with about his back.

 

Nick is close to the Little Miami but He is High and Dry.

 

Myself and a couple of others here are THCI members and HOPE certified. I am a little too far away to help. I have been following the weather stories. Lots of flooding in Central Texas where I am originally from. I always watch this stuff closely. Jeremy, glad things are as under control as it sounds like they are.

 

Thanks for thinking of us!!

Looks like the creeks are rising a little and the river is on the way up.. There is a strong possibility that the "State of Emergency" will be re-activated once again today...

 

I am taking my First Aid and CPR course with the Red Cross Tomorrow morning. So I should be an official HOPE memberby the end of next week.

 

i need to get off my *** and send my stuff in.. i have everything completed.. just lazy... wtf is wrong with me? lol