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CrowdSource Rescue
@cs_rescue
TX disaster response non-profit, connecting neighbors with neighbors. Spontaneous volunteers isn't a dirty word to us. Over 50,000 rescued since 2017.
Sep 17, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Ahem. A thread:

We love you social media. It's like, *literally*, our whole thing. When 911 gets overwhelmed, people turn to social media to request help.

Enter CSR, enter civilian SAR teams, enter neighbors-helping-neighbors.

HOWEVER - social media also has it's perils. Yesterday we saw some of that in action.

There were calls about people trapped in attics in spots where there was less than < 3' of water, viral RTs with wrong addresses or about cases already complete.

None of this is done with malice; people want to help. It's wonderful.
Aug 29, 2020 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
Involved in situation in #LakeCharles with senior home where staff abandoned.

Med volunteers on site. Residents currently in AC'd trucks due to heat exhaustion. Doing insulin and BP checks, as well as meal delivery.

2nd abandoned senior home found in #Laura.

#HurricaneLaura Update: After our tweet, official comes by, saw the scene, said he was going to @GOHSEP to "raise hell".

Variety of agencies respond. Say residents will be taken to shelters in buses.

2 hours later... no buses. No responses.

Somebody get this fixed. Raise more hell.