SCRN Hurricane Center

By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
As we move into the 2008 hurricane season, it is sad to report that things are just as messed up as before. The Department of Justice should be releasing it’s findings next month and from what we hear it is not good news. Every shelter in Broward county has failures [...]

By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
For years disabled people have been denied shelter during emergencies, have had their service animals away from the them, and split up families up and force them to be in separate shelters. Spinal Cord Resources Network has been trying to educate the EOC directors and let them know that the [...]

By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
After the 9/11 attacks, it was obvious that buildings more then 1 story needed to have plans to get disabled people out to safety. Most buildings have no plan to get the disabled out in dangerous situations like fires where you are not supposed to use the elevators. Unless you [...]

(See the begining letter to the Governor of Florida on our home page of http://www.spinalcordresources.com/?q=node/613)
——– Original Message ——–

Subject:
Re: Read: Can we meet with Governor Crist during the 2008 Governor’s Hurricane Conference?

Date:
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:32:22 -0400

From:
Laura George

To:
Wilson, Chip

Dear Disability Coordinator Wilson,
Thank you for reading the letter I wrote on my family’s behalf to meet with [...]

For those of us in the disability community who actually like to plan ahead, we are finding that the sheltering system should we need to use it is still not any better accessible then last year. The information on the websites is not any clearer, the call-in centers still do not have any updated [...]

In case you did not see our appearance on WSVN (7) January 15 and 16, 2008, please check out the link at WSVN (7) Carmel on the Case: Hurricane Handicapped; Producer Kelli Garlock.
The intro to the introduction paragraph text of the news story says it all – no place to go for shelter during [...]

Spinal Cord Resource Network Officers in the News
>>>>UPDATE (1/16/07) - AIR DATE: Tues. Jan. 15 at 10P and Wed. Jan. 16 @6P)<<< Greg George (CEO and spinal cord patient) and Laura George (Vice President) of Spinal Cord Resources Network have been interviewed by Kelli Garlock of WSVN (Miami) to discuss the hurricane preparedness problems in [...]

The Politics of the Disabled Obtaining Access to a Disaster Shelter - Update from The Mouse
Okay…Getting to the guts of reminding everyone why this is so important to us and it should be important to you too! Back in August of 2006 when the Spinal Cord Resources Network, Inc. President was 6 months into [...]

Not much has changed. The large number of storms that were set to destroy the eastern seaboard never happened. The models that the scientists are using obviously are missing key parts that allow correct directions as well as intensity. This is the second year that the weather wackos have tools us that everyone is in [...]

Well it looks like the hurricane center once again need to fix their models. We were all supposed to run for cover last year but not much happened, even when you take rain into consideration. Well, here we are going past the busiest part of the year and we can’t even find a rain storm. [...]