The Other Davenport

@GardensR4Health Does anyone know where this town is she's talking about? I want to bring supplies to these families who can't get to the donation centers

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

@GardensR4Health Hubby and I just drove in from TX and we will be WNC tomorrow. We have baby supplies, where are you located??

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

@SHAQ And for the record, I'm nobody of any importance. Just an unknown indie author who happens to share your last name (maiden name) and told everybody growing up you were my cousin lol. It'd be cool if it's true, but even cooler if you're able to help!

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

Dear @SHAQ In hopes that you will hear this plea, knowing you have a big heart like myself, will answer the call. Two little towns in NC are in desperate need of additional items that r locally scarce due to overwhelming need. I got a list of items that are of higher cost that...

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The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

No power. We are hoping to provide a place for hot showers for residents, give them kerosene heaters to keep them warm at night, portable gas stove tops to heat up food, and some cleaning supplies. We have raised almost $4k & bought much needed med supplies, hygiene, bags for them to use to carry food back and forth, received warm clothing to distribute, and plan on cooking hot meals when we arrive. I received this SOS yesterday and hope that maybe, just maybe, social media will prove to be the powerful tool that I know that it is and you receive this. Perhaps you might be able to assist in purchasing some of these items to add to the supplies we are taking to bless these two tiny towns. We depart Friday Oct 11 in the afternoon. Below is a picture of the type of camping stoves we would like to provide families. The propane powered double cook tops for people coming in to help cook as well. Camping hot water heaters that we can hook up to clean water 55 gallon drums so people can have hot showers. Kerosene heaters that will keep a family warm at night. Butane, propane, and kerosene are all needed as well. Items to help them clean what's left, like brooms, squeegee, and mops will all be helpful. There are a few still in need of generators, one to help with someone's oxygen 😢 I don't know why, but I feel like you will hear this plea and help these people! There are so many towns that needed assistance that there was no way aid could be everywhere at once. And some of the MUCH smaller towns are purely dependent on the hearts of regular Americans. The two towns are Bakersfield and Spruce Pine. I'm going to reach out to @dallascowboys too, as they were just on NASJRB yesterday supporting the military in hopes they might answer the call too. My husband would've spoke to them in person if it weren't for the wonderful chiefs mess coming through with supplies for us to take and him running around trying to help me make this as impactful as possible. He's a NC native and to see this is a tragedy... again, thank you for reading this and I pray it works!

TADavenport's tweet photo. No power. We are hoping to provide a place for hot showers for residents, give them kerosene heaters to keep them warm at night, portable gas stove tops to heat up food, and some cleaning supplies. We have raised almost $4k & bought much needed med supplies, hygiene, bags for them to use to carry food back and forth, received warm clothing to distribute, and plan on cooking hot meals when we arrive. I received this SOS yesterday and hope that maybe, just maybe, social media will prove to be the powerful tool that I know that it is and you receive this. Perhaps you might be able to assist in purchasing some of these items to add to the supplies we are taking to bless these two tiny towns. We depart Friday Oct 11 in the afternoon. Below is a picture of the type of camping stoves we would like to provide families. The propane powered double cook tops for people coming in to help cook as well. Camping hot water heaters that we can hook up to clean water 55 gallon drums so people can have hot showers. Kerosene heaters that will keep a family warm at night. Butane, propane, and kerosene are all needed as well. Items to help them clean what's left, like brooms, squeegee, and mops will all be helpful. There are a few still in need of generators, one to help with someone's oxygen 😢 I don't know why, but I feel like you will hear this plea and help these people! There are so many towns that needed assistance that there was no way aid could be everywhere at once. And some of the MUCH smaller towns are purely dependent on the hearts of regular Americans. The two towns are Bakersfield and Spruce Pine. I'm going to reach out to @dallascowboys too, as they were just on NASJRB yesterday supporting the military in hopes they might answer the call too. My husband would've spoke to them in person if it weren't for the wonderful chiefs mess coming through with supplies for us to take and him running around trying to help me make this as impactful as possible. He's a NC native and to see this is a tragedy... again, thank you for reading this and I pray it works!

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The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

@dazzle900 @Unitedcajunnavy https://t.co/NZ7kGNFvkI Longer video...

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

@smithhmesteadms @Unitedcajunnavy I don't know if it helps but this was Burnsville, NC. Not exact coordinates but ya know... Oct 6th. Haven't seen anyone post an exact time yet though

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

@GardensR4Health My husband and I are collecting donations in the DFW area over the next week and then driving to NC to do what we can. These 1st accounts will help us on our journey. Heartbreaking!! God help us

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

@elonmusk @ryantyre There are starlink in need for those in NC. Is this something you could help with?

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Ryan Tyre 🇺🇸

@ryantyre

almost 2 years ago

If you are wondering why citizens are being turned away that are coming to help NC and TN - you'll want to hear my experience as someone who has been doing this as a private citizen for almost a decade. I was able to get into, and out of Asheville. We brought food, water, fuel and other supplies as well as helped people affected by the floods, but there are reasons why they are not allowing outside help. I cannot confirm the reasons why in NC, but i can tell you the reasons in other storms i have worked - i'll explain below. Let me share with you the first disaster area that i finally realized that this was all about money. In the FL Keys with Hurricane Irma, after Texas got hit with Harvey, we finished our efforts in Texas and were the first citizen team to make it to Key Largo. The federal agencies had US1 shut down just South of Key Largo and wouldn't let anyone in or out, even though the road was okay to pass. We explained to them that we had boats, Jet skis, food, water, chainsaws and fuel to bring these people. They didn't care and wouldn't let us in. It was night by that point and you rarely saw the lights of vehicles in the distance on the individual keys, meaning the emergency response teams from FEMA weren't even working, it was all quiet. We decided that we would go in anyways. We filled up the boats and jet skis with all that we could reasonably carry and went by water, around all their BS blockades and around their law enforcement presence on the water. It was 87 miles by water to get to our first stop, Cudjoe Key and Sugarloaf Key. When we arrived there we were greeted by a homeowner (for privacy, I won't name him, though we have video) who was elated to see us and all the supplies we brought, his house was in shambles. We started offloading supplies on the shoreline and helping to get them into what was left of his house. During that process, he explained to us that FEMA had set up a command center at a local high school on the island, but that they weren't doing anything to help the residents, not even bringing them WATER! Instead, he explained that they were driving around using a loudspeaker, telling people to stay in their homes. They weren't even helping the home owners with supplies. I was skeptical at first while he was telling me all of this, but then he said something that broke my heart.... He told us that the people of the keys were all in despair, because they had just seen, weeks before, the overwhelming support for Texas with Hurricane Harvey, by the citizens of this country. He, and his neighbors on all of the keys, felt like Americans had forgotten about them completely, because at this point, FIVE DAYS after landfall, all they had seen was FEMA, and they were of NO HELP. The residents were cut off from the outside world, no cellular, no internet, no way to contact anyone or hear of any efforts to try to help them. The ONLY communication they had was from a local radio station on Sugarloaf Key, that was broadcasting on AM to the surrounding keys. The man, after hearing that there were citizens trying to bring them help, but being refused entry by federal law enforcement was visibly upset. He, and his neighbors, really thought the country had abandoned them. He insisted that we get into his waterlogged truck and that he would take us to that radio station so that we could go live on air, to tell the citizens trapped in the Keys that we, the American people, were there to help and that the government was trying to stop our efforts. And that is exactly what we did. After that, we were determined to help as many people as we could, but we were met with red tape throughout the whole process and time we were in the keys. We finally we able to talk some authorities to let us down to the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon towards the end of Boot Key. This was the same hotel where state and local authorities were staging their personnel and they were happy to see us. I was able to coordinate several trucks full of supplies to be brought down to the EOC in Marathon. I was privy to the EOC meeting, BUT was informed in that meeting, that all of the semi trucks full of food, water and hygiene supplies were to be turned around and not allowed to be offloaded for distribution by the EOC. THE REASON they gave us, was that these donations were not from companies on their "preferred vendors list" and that they would not accept them or give them to the residents of the keys impacted by the storm. It was at that point that I realized, this is ALL ABOUT MONEY. These 'preferred vendors" are getting part of the money being released by the state and federal govt for each disaster. In turn, some of the "vendors" make it on the list because a friend gets them on the list, and in return for getting ridiculously outlandish amounts of compensation for the services they render, they give kickbacks. So accepting outside donations, even though they are on location and can help people NOW, they would rather let people suffer so they can get their kickbacks. This meeting solidified my resolve to help these people, regardless of what the greedy officials wanted, we were going to feed the lower keys that were being neglected. I diverted ALL SEMI TRUCKS to the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon and filled the entire first floor with pallets upon pallets of food, water and essential supplies and created a food pantry for residents to come and get anything, and however much they needed. From local state troopers to the homeless, all were given wheel barrels and free reign to get anything they needed. We also delivered supplies down to Big Pine Key. We helped establish the tent city on Big Pine Key. Big companies like Titos Vodka and Whelen just kept bringing trucks full of everything that was needed. When FEMA FINALLY started handing out boxes of canned goods (limited to one per household), we were filing cars full of food and supplies for people and pets. There is so much more to the story in the Keys and further from there in other storms we worked- the common theme though, is that the federal government always tries to keep citizens from helping and the local authorities, the ones that live and work in the area are always happy to have outside help. I call out to Elon Musk and anyone else who can monetarily help people like myself and those that work with me, who have the knowledge and the will to help those devastated by these disasters. Help us side step the red tape and get the people the relief they need. We are willing, and we are many, and we are ready. @Sassafrass_84 @hodgetwins @elonmusk @Alphafox78

ryantyre's tweet photo. If you are wondering why citizens are being turned away that are coming to help NC and TN - you'll want to hear my experience as someone who has been doing this as a private citizen for almost a decade.

I was able to get into, and out of Asheville. We brought food, water, fuel and other supplies as well as helped people affected by the floods, but there are reasons why they are not allowing outside help.

I cannot confirm the reasons why in NC, but i can tell you the reasons in other storms i have worked - i'll explain below.

Let me share with you the first disaster area that i finally realized that this was all about money.

In the FL Keys with Hurricane Irma, after Texas got hit with Harvey, we finished our efforts in Texas and were the first citizen team to make it to Key Largo.

The federal agencies had US1 shut down just South of Key Largo and wouldn't let anyone in or out, even though the road was okay to pass.

We explained to them that we had boats, Jet skis, food, water, chainsaws and fuel to bring these people.

They didn't care and wouldn't let us in.

It was night by that point and you rarely saw the lights of vehicles in the distance on the individual keys, meaning the emergency response teams from FEMA weren't even working, it was all quiet.

We decided that we would go in anyways.

We filled up the boats and jet skis with all that we could reasonably carry and went by water, around all their BS blockades and around their law enforcement presence on the water.

It was 87 miles by water to get to our first stop, Cudjoe Key and Sugarloaf Key.

When we arrived there we were greeted by a homeowner (for privacy, I won't name him, though we have video) who was elated to see us and all the supplies we brought, his house was in shambles.

We started offloading supplies on the shoreline and helping to get them into what was left of his house.
During that process, he explained to us that FEMA had set up a command center at a local high school on the island, but that they weren't doing anything to help the residents, not even bringing them WATER!

Instead, he explained that they were driving around using a loudspeaker, telling people to stay in their homes. They weren't even helping the home owners with supplies.

I was skeptical at first while he was telling me all of this, but then he said something that broke my heart....

He told us that the people of the keys were all in despair, because they had just seen, weeks before, the overwhelming support for Texas with Hurricane Harvey, by the citizens of this country. He, and his neighbors on all of the keys, felt like Americans had forgotten about them completely, because at this point, FIVE DAYS after landfall, all they had seen was FEMA, and they were of NO HELP.

The residents were cut off from the outside world, no cellular, no internet, no way to contact anyone or hear of any efforts to try to help them.

The ONLY communication they had was from a local radio station on Sugarloaf Key, that was broadcasting on AM to the surrounding keys.

The man, after hearing that there were citizens trying to bring them help, but being refused entry by federal law enforcement was visibly upset. He, and his neighbors, really thought the country had abandoned them.

He insisted that we get into his waterlogged truck and that he would take us to that radio station so that we could go live on air, to tell the citizens trapped in the Keys that we, the American people, were there to help and that the government was trying to stop our efforts.

And that is exactly what we did.

After that, we were determined to help as many people as we could, but we were met with red tape throughout the whole process and time we were in the keys.

We finally we able to talk some authorities to let us down to the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon towards the end of Boot Key. This was the same hotel where state and local authorities were staging their personnel and they were happy to see us.

I was able to coordinate several trucks full of supplies to be brought down to the EOC in Marathon. I was privy to the EOC meeting, BUT was informed in that meeting, that all of the semi trucks full of food, water and hygiene supplies were to be turned around and not allowed to be offloaded for distribution by the EOC.

THE REASON they gave us, was that these donations were not from companies on their "preferred vendors list" and that they would not accept them or give them to the residents of the keys impacted by the storm.

It was at that point that I realized, this is ALL ABOUT MONEY.

These 'preferred vendors" are getting part of the money being released by the state and federal govt for each disaster. In turn, some of the "vendors" make it on the list because a friend gets them on the list, and in return for getting ridiculously outlandish amounts of compensation for the services they render, they give kickbacks.

So accepting outside donations, even though they are on location and can help people NOW, they would rather let people suffer so they can get their kickbacks.

This meeting solidified my resolve to help these people, regardless of what the greedy officials wanted, we were going to feed the lower keys that were being neglected.

I diverted ALL SEMI TRUCKS to the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon and filled the entire first floor with pallets upon pallets of food, water and essential supplies and created a food pantry for residents to come and get anything, and however much they needed.

From local state troopers to the homeless, all were given wheel barrels and free reign to get anything they needed.

We also delivered supplies down to Big Pine Key. We helped establish the tent city on Big Pine Key. Big companies like Titos Vodka and Whelen just kept bringing trucks full of everything that was needed. When FEMA FINALLY started handing out boxes of canned goods (limited to one per household), we were filing cars full of food and supplies for people and pets.

There is so much more to the story in the Keys and further from there in other storms we worked- the common theme though, is that the federal government always tries to keep citizens from helping and the local authorities, the ones that live and work in the area are always happy to have outside help.

I call out to Elon Musk and anyone else who can monetarily help people like myself and those that work with me, who have the knowledge and the will to help those devastated by these disasters.

Help us side step the red tape and get the people the relief they need.

We are willing, and we are many, and we are ready.

@Sassafrass_84 @hodgetwins @elonmusk @Alphafox78

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The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

@elonmusk What better than a bot to respond that they are a person? How are small businesses supposed to learn and grow if they have zero clue what they did to 'violate'? And have the links on X don't work. @elonmusk do u know about these issues? Please help!

TADavenport's tweet photo. @elonmusk What better than a bot to respond that they are a person? How are small businesses supposed to learn and grow if they have zero clue what they did to 'violate'? And have the links on X don't work. @elonmusk do u know about these issues? Please help! https://t.co/2GbJkRYNqi

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

@elonmusk could you please help me figure this out?! I'm just a little author trying to promote her event and at every turn, I'm getting pushback. Given we share the same bday, can you please help with this? I keep getting a bot response 😒

TADavenport's tweet photo. @elonmusk could you please help me figure this out?! I'm just a little author trying to promote her event and at every turn, I'm getting pushback. Given we share the same bday, can you please help with this? I keep getting a bot response 😒 https://t.co/xnk6vgg4Bn

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

Upon looking up this issue, it seems I'm not the only small business affected by this. Any help would really be appreciated @elonmusk this event was to help promote indie and millhouse authors and prove big publishers aren't the only ones who can do something cool

TADavenport's tweet photo. Upon looking up this issue, it seems I'm not the only small business affected by this. Any help would really be appreciated @elonmusk this event was to help promote indie and millhouse authors and prove big publishers aren't the only ones who can do something cool https://t.co/q8VV22pPru

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

almost 2 years ago

Less than 7 months until Eve of Enchantment and Intrigue and I'm both nervous and excited for my event! Any other bookish events coming up that yall are attending?

The Other Davenport

@TADavenport

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