RRT Hurricane Preparedness Statement

[Glenn Hohlt]

Rapid Response Team of the TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod

 

Hurricane Preparedness Statement

August 14, 2009

 

The next four weeks are historically the most active of the Atlantic
hurricane season. The Synod Rapid Response Team thought it important to
communicate with you the commitment of the TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod to quality
disaster preparedness and response.   Through a generous gift from Lutheran
Disaster Response, I have been called to the Synod Staff to provide
leadership in the area of Disaster Preparedness and Recovery. Bishop Mike
Rinehart and I, Pastor Glenn Hohlt, will be coordinating the Synods' Rapid
Response Team efforts. 

 

You may have heard the saying but it's worth repeating: every disaster is a
local disaster. Preparation begins on the local level with individual,
family and community preparedness.  For your consideration we offer the
following information and suggestions: 

 

.         Pray

.         The Synod's Rapid Response Team has organized and is committed to
meeting weekly during the next 4 weeks, traditionally the most active part
of hurricane season;

.         As we prepare our response we invite you to visit
www.futurewithhope.org and/or www.gulfcoastsynod.org where you will find
links to excellent information for your own disaster preparation; 

.         As you prepare please consider:  

o   Preparing yourself first..yes it may sound selfish but it is true that
in being prepared yourself you are helping others; 

o   Making sure that the Synod office has updated cell phone #'s for
pastors;

o   Checking in with those most vulnerable during a disaster, i.e. elderly,
homebound, sick, single parents, people new to the community to help them
with their plan; 

o   Remembering that many are still recovering from previous disasters; 

 

Keep in mind:

.         The Synod web site www.gulfcoastsynod.org will be a source of
information before, during and after 

.         Currently the Synod web site contains a map of any system deemed
worthy of tropical depression status by the National Weather Service.
Tropical waves, although monitored by the NWS, do not appear. 

.         Continue to pray

 

This Gulf Coast Synod Faithgroups Listserv is a valuable resource for
communication before and after a storm.  However, if the listserv is not
working, we do have an additional option of sending email messages directly
from our synod database system.   We plan to do a test of that system later
today or Monday.

 

Thank you!

 

Rapid Response Team of the TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod

 

 

Glenn E. Hohlt

Assistant to the Bishop for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery 

The Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod 

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

12707 I-45 North Frwy, Suite 580 

Houston, TX 77060-1239 

281-873-5665 office

979-250-1525 cell

www.gulfcoastsynod.org

 

 

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