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“This Is When The Hardest Work Begins.” American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Responds To Hurricane Delta

Homepage Press Release “This Is When The Hardest Work Begins.” American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Responds To Hurricane Delta

“This Is When The Hardest Work Begins.” American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Responds To Hurricane Delta

Emilee Martichenko
October 12, 2020
Press Release

October 12, 2020

For Immediate Release

For further information, contact:  Lori Lockman, [email protected]; 770-653-1586.

 

“This is when the hardest work begins.”

American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Responds To Hurricane Delta

 

Lakeland, Fla.  – As Texas and Louisiana start to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Delta, the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is gearing up to provide support – and hoping that members of the logistics community will be just as willing to help with the 25th named storm of the season as they were with the first.

 

“Our hearts go out to all of the people on the Gulf Coast who’ve been affected,” said ALAN Executive Director Kathy Fulton. “In a year with an unprecedented number of named storms, this is an incredible blow to a region that has already been very hard hit.”

 

During the past week, ALAN has been sharing real-time updates about Hurricane Delta’s supply chain impacts via its Supply Chain Intelligence Center (https://www.alanaid.org/resources/).  And later this week it expects to begin receiving its first Hurricane Delta logistics relief requests.

 

“This is when the hardest work for ALAN begins – because as relief organizations get in and assess the damage, they’ll be asking us for a great deal of help,” said Fulton, who stressed that every case ALAN handles is tied to a specific need and that many hurricane relief efforts take place over a long period of time. “In light of that, we encourage people to access our Disaster Micro-site’s active needs section (www.alanaid.org/operations/) often in the weeks and months ahead – and not just for Hurricane Delta.  We also hope that people will answer our calls or e-mails if we come to them with a direct request.

 

“Additionally, we ask people not to self-deploy or participate in product collection drives,” Fulton said. “Too often, these well-meaning efforts get in the way of the organized relief and response efforts that are already taking place – and create more challenges than they solve.  If organizations truly want to help, a cash donation is usually best.”

 

Hurricane Delta made landfall in Southwest Louisiana late Friday, bringing additional rainfall, flooding and damage to towns that were just beginning recovery efforts for Hurricane Laura.  It is the sixth storm ALAN has mobilized for this fall, which has proven to be one of the busiest hurricane seasons in the organization’s 15-year history.

 

“We know most people have hurricane and disaster fatigue, because this has been a year like no other,” said Fulton. “However we hope they have it in them to help the Gulf Coast at least one more time, because the transportation services, warehousing space, forklifts, boxes and other support we provide can make a hugely positive difference to so many.  ALAN certainly isn’t relaxing our efforts, and we hope they won’t either.”

 

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About ALAN:  Founded in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, ALAN is a philanthropic, industry-wide organization that provides free logistics assistance to disaster relief organizations before, during and after catastrophic events.  It does this by bringing the expertise and resources of the logistics industry together with compassionate organizations so that help can arrive sooner, and each relief dollar can be maximized.  Over the years it has coordinated compassionate supply chain services for numerous natural disasters including hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and floods.  To learn more visit www.alanaid.org.

 

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Note:  If you’re a carrier who wants ALAN to connect you with FEMA for work or new business opportunities, we’re sorry to say that you’re not in the right place.  While we at ALAN would like to be of help, we’re solely a non-profit who serves other non-profits, and we’re not able to assist with any other requests at this time.  Our best advice is to recommend that you contact FEMA directly using the links below as a starting point.   We hope you’ll find them helpful, and we wish you every success.

https://www.fema.gov/industry-liaison-program (Once there, scroll down to the “How to do Business With FEMA” section.)

https://www.fema.gov/transportation-programs (Once there, scroll down to the “Becoming A FEMA-Approved Transportation Provider” section.)

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