@mcnado@mstdn.social @alxd@writing.exchange @PhoenixSerenity@beige.party Having assisted with five flood clean ups so far, this.
Bring as much shelf stable single hand eatable food as they can. All the stores by the impacted areas will have been stripped by those that can still travel, bring food from wherever the helpers may be coming from as stores further and further out will gradually be emptied. One of the floods was when I was going through CFS, I couldn’t help with the cleanup, so I spent days making sandwiches from supplies donated from hundreds of kms away.
Do the same with PPE, people end up working far too hard for far too long and many will ignore their gloves, boots, masks, etc. becoming unusable because they can’t bear to stop. Hand sanitisers and tissues are an absolute necessity.
Comms will likely be spotty, having some sort of resilient comms that may allow them to help people contact whoever they need to will be a big psychological help. Bring batteries, panels, etc. for people to charge their devices, a hybrid vehicle is a terrific mobile power station.
Be sure to tell them to contact local recovery groups, they‘ll likely already have a rough idea as to what’s needed where. Whatever they do bring, bring spares they’re prepared to give away.
Alternatively, contact those groups and work out if you can help remotely. Far too many people don’t want to do the hard work of coordinating resources, it’s just as necessary as actively moving dirt around.
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