Don't forget the large 6 - 8
person storm shelter!
Not exact matches
Officials are worried about the
storms impact, as there are still over 1 million
people living in temporary
shelters...
It needs to be present as all of the things that housing means to
people: a sanctuary, a
shelter, a haven, a refuge, a protected womb, an ark to carry us through the
storm.
«There's a little bit of a perfect
storm going on,» said Kate Maehr, executive director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which supplies 600
shelters, pantries and soup kitchens in Cook County to feed about 500,000
people a year.
• Full deduction for disaster clean up expense • Relaxed retirement plan distribution rules — elimination of the 10 percent penalty tax that would otherwise apply on an early withdrawal from a retirement plan and permit individuals to withdraw up to $ 100,000 without penalty to cover
storm - related expenses • Housing Exemptions for displaced individuals — would provide additional tax exemptions for individuals who provide free
shelter for at least 60 days to anyone displaced by the
storm ($ 500 exemption per
person, maximum of four exemptions for the year) • Worker retention credit — would extend tax credits to business owners who continued paying wages while their businesses were forced to close.
They have lines of
people waiting to donate, tons of volunteers sorting clothing and other items, and
people coming through to pick up donated items, plus they are also
sheltering storm victims.
Back - to - back hurricanes packed the nonprofit
shelter in Boca Raton to capacity, as
people unable or unwilling to provide for their pets during the
storms abandoned them there.
Airbnb has set up an urgent accommodations site, where
people can open their homes to evacuees from the
storm or find
shelter themselves.
Charleston Animal Society CEO Joe Elmore agrees that there is no excuse for leaving a pet behind in a
storm evacuation, but adds the state must do better to offer more
shelters for
people with pets.
If you are staying in a «
people»
shelter, your pet will be able to ride out the
storm in the «pet»
shelter.
The
shelter will pick up and house any pets owned by homeless
people who enter a
shelter during flooding from Tropical
Storm Harvey.
Products needed by those vulnerable to rising seas and stormier weather associated with climate change include: (1) desalination capacities for drinking water (2) soil washing and / or new crops to deal with salinization of soils from rising seas flooding them and then receding (3)
shelters from wind and
storm surges that would not require
people to abandon their possessions and animals to the forces of nature they are trying to escape
PS - Also just wanted to mention that you can help the Red Cross provide food,
shelter, relief supplies and emotional support to the thousands of
people affected by the
storms by texting the word REDCROSS to 90999.