Situation Report from Mississippi for 9/8/05

Human Services Report #5




1900 9/8/05




Current Situation




• POD in Pearlington moved from damaged fire house to Charles T Murphy Elementary School.


• Visited and assessed 4 other coastal towns in western Hancock County. Catastrophic damage in each. MRE’s and supplies ordered through tracker.


• 6 Human Services staff from Ft. Walton Beach arrived this PM.


• Conferred with Red Cross in Gulfport, and discussed the usage of tracker.


• Conferred with Red Cross in Waveland, and discussed the usage of tracker.


• Local Government meeting about moving the POD at Stennis International Airport to possible the Library.


• Salvation Army liaison arrived – Neil Lewis


• ESF 11 received and inventoried 2 loads of USDA commodities.




Unmet needs




• We have orders for 10 trailer loads of USDA commodities and only have 3 loads of spaghetti on hand.


• Insect spray, batteries, flashlights.


• No ESF-17 representative






Future Operations




• Continue assistance to small community of Pearlington in Hancock.


• Deploy human resources to Pearlington to establish local government


• Continue assessment of small coastal communities


• Deploy USDA commodities to kitchens as they arrive


• Improve quality of life in the shelters