RX9735
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| FEMA ice
My in-laws down in Texas need ice among other things. Does FEMA have distribution centers set up in Texas? If so where? I googled and found jack shit. If not, if I go buy a cooler and pack it full of dry ice and ship it over night what are the odds they will get it overnight? They say the mail ran today if that matters. |
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No_Strings
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| They are distributing ice. My sister said she saw announcements on the news (they're running a portable TV for information ... no power).
I'm going to move this to the Texas Gulf Coast forum for some details about where your in-laws can get help. |
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McSummation
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Round Rock, TX | reply to RX9735
FEMA has several PODs set up in the Houston area to distribute water, ice, and MREs.
Where do they live? |
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RX9735
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The truck crashed and everyone was sent home. They need other options. |
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Dogbert
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Here's a list of Point of Distribution for ice, water and meals according to the Houston Chronical.
»www.chron.com/databases/ikepods.html |
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McSummation
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Round Rock, TX | reply to RX9735
Here's the list reported by KHOU - »www.khou.com/topstories/stories/···857.html |
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RX9735
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Thanks a bunch guys. The wife and I are combing over this and we will direct family. I am going to try over-nighting some stuff from Amazon. I can't find dry ice online so I am considering sending something packed in dry ice such as steaks or a smoked ham, if it can make it to them. |
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r81984
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I am new to hurricanes and I evacuated for Gustov, but what do people need ice for?
It just seems like a waste of money for FEMA to be shipping ice when they should just be shipping nonperishable food and water.
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Locutus65
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clubs: | Ice is needed for people to keep the perishable food we already had cold. No electricity = no freezer or fridge.
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r81984
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| FEMA goal is too keep people who decided not to leave alive, why should they be wasting tax dollars on ice??
Perishable food should be the last thing on peoples mind. I just moved to Louisiana and Gustov was my first hurricane. When it came through here I stocked up on jugs I filled with water and nonperishable foods in case we had no electricity and my food went bad, then I left when they did the mandatory evacuation.
Do people in Texas not do the same thing?
Anyways its one thing to get your own ice. It is another thing to waste taxpayer dollars on ice.
After living through a hurricane, it is sad at how much tax dollars are wasted on stupid people.
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GlobalMind
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said by Locutus65  :Ice is needed for people to keep the perishable food we already had cold. No electricity = no freezer or fridge. And certain medicines need to be in the cold as well.
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r81984
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September 16th, @09:17PM
| said by GlobalMind :said by Locutus65 :Ice is needed for people to keep the perishable food we already had cold. No electricity = no freezer or fridge. And certain medicines need to be in the cold as well. Well that sucks since all the stupid people are hogging ice for their frozen foods.
Anyways if you had a serious need for a working freezer wouldn't you have bought a generator and plenty of gas before the hurricane?
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GlobalMind
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| said by r81984 :said by GlobalMind :said by Locutus65 :Ice is needed for people to keep the perishable food we already had cold. No electricity = no freezer or fridge. And certain medicines need to be in the cold as well. Well that sucks since all the stupid people are hogging ice for their frozen foods. Anyways if you had a serious need for a working freezer wouldn't you have bought a generator and plenty of gas before the hurricane? Well one would think so. But then again, that's really an entirely different discussion.
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I have lived in South Louisiana all my life, and have been through all the major hurricanes. If you have never experienced 95 or more degrees and 80% humidity without AC, you can't properly appreciated ice. Few people properly prepare, some because they are clueless, some because they never have an extra dollar, and more and more who just expect and demand that the government come rescue them. Since I became financially able, each June I shop for non-perishable food, water, and batteries, all of which are kept in lockers just in case through the season. Each year I replace what has been used or gone stale dated and add a little variety. I also have a generator which my house is pre-wired for, I stash 3 or more days worth of gas, and have pre-engineered window and door coverings that I can put up quickly. All of this costs money. I have well over $10,000 invested. With all of that, I still evacuate whenever there is the possibility of a large storm surge as I did for Gustav. I spent a couple thousand on hotels, gas, and food for myself and extended family. All this to say that folks living check to check will never be fully prepared. I do well, but after 4 major storms in 3 years, I am beginning to wonder if it isn't time to move north. |
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maggie2101
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said by r81984 :said by GlobalMind :said by Locutus65 :Ice is needed for people to keep the perishable food we already had cold. No electricity = no freezer or fridge. And certain medicines need to be in the cold as well. Well that sucks since all the stupid people are hogging ice for their frozen foods. Anyways if you had a serious need for a working freezer wouldn't you have bought a generator and plenty of gas before the hurricane? We have no generator (yet) and are buying our own ice to keep one meal's worth of food cold until dinner time. We have to go out every day and shop for food, ice, and supplies for that day. It takes several hours to do this. We are eating whatever for breakfast and lunch is something we can easily grab while out for the day's supplies. I cook a dinner every evening from what we were able to buy that day.
How do you figure that people are trying to keep frozen foods? Personally, we are just trying to have cold water and one meal's worth of food.
ETA: All of our "frozen" foods are still sitting on the curb waiting for trash pick up. Due to the heat, we lost all of our refrigerated or frozen food. |
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said by r81984 :FEMA goal is too keep people who decided not to leave alive, why should they be wasting tax dollars on ice?? Perishable food should be the last thing on peoples mind. I just moved to Louisiana and Gustov was my first hurricane. When it came through here I stocked up on jugs I filled with water and nonperishable foods in case we had no electricity and my food went bad, then I left when they did the mandatory evacuation. Do people in Texas not do the same thing? Anyways its one thing to get your own ice. It is another thing to waste taxpayer dollars on ice. After living through a hurricane, it is sad at how much tax dollars are wasted on stupid people. A lot of this ice is for Houston, not a lot of damage just NO electricity. They were not told to evacuate because Houston has an elevation of 50 feet so no hurricane caused flooding so need to evacuate. |
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| I did not evacuate due to flooding. No one I know in my area left because of fears of flooding. They all left because they were scared about the high winds and knew the electricity would be knocked out for days.
The people who stayed were those with strong houses, supplies, generators, and lots of fuel.
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said by r81984 :. It is another thing to waste taxpayer dollars on ice. After living through a hurricane, it is sad at how much tax dollars are wasted on stupid people. We can waste billions on wars, why can't we supply some ice to help our own people? Dumb or not, they are human beings, and American's, you just don't abandon them because they may or may not have made the right decision. |
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said by r81984 :I am new to hurricanes and I evacuated for Gustov, but what do people need ice for? It just seems like a waste of money for FEMA to be shipping ice when they should just be shipping nonperishable food and water. Medicine such as insulin, and any perishable food that survived. Not all places where flooded, or blown away, but still don't have power.
After Rita in 2005, my brother's home was undamaged, but had no power for 2 weeks. We stayed away for a week, and a half after the storm, but wanted to come back as soon as possible. Once the roads had been cleared, we came back, but had to get food from MRE distribution, and from the nearest town that had power, and groceries (40 miles). We had butane stove, and grill, so we bought some meat, and eggs to cook. Used ice from distributions to keep it. Luckily his power returned a few days later. However, my apt. suffered damage, and I lost everything except for the clothes I evacuated with, & my computer, which I had brought to his house the night before we evacuated. |
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RX9735
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September 17th, @08:06AM
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Wasting tax payer money? If supplying ice to Americans that stayed behind to help out those that couldn't leave is wasting tax payer money what would your solution be? My in-laws are cooking out and sharing their food with everyone that couldn't leave. All they want is a little ice. They don't want loaded debit cards or any other hand outs, just freaking ice. Would tax payer money be better spent rounding up everyone that could not have left and putting them up in a hotel and feed them for days or weeks? I bet that cost more than ice.
PS for those that care. They found ice thanks to you all. I couldn't find any dry ice to send so I ordered a smoked ham that is packed in dry ice and sent it two day mail. I also went to Amazon and ordered crank flash lights and a radios and sent them.
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