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<p>As many of you are aware (especially locals and Jochen who
mentioned them recently), the Ruidoso/Mescalero area in NM has
been burning down over the last week, and now as the fire threat
is subsiding, the rain that is helping quell that is now yielding
flood threats and damage.</p>
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href="https://nmfireinfo.com/2024/06/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://nmfireinfo.com/2024/06/</a><br>
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<p>Simtable, as you can guess is all over helping them as their
business model dictates, including a trip down there soon to
parlay recent training/work they have been doing with NNMCC/El
Rito young folks into a live exercise with the EOC's down there
which includes 2 Tables (Lincoln county and ENMU?) on top of the
'normal' support they give to anyone in these emergencies!<br>
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<p>I am delivering my class A (bus style chassis) RV to a worthy
recipient down there and coordinating that effort with the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="www.emergencyrv.org">EmergencyRV.org</a>
folks who got started up during the Camp/Paradise fires in 2018.
They have apparently delivered about 165 units in that time, not
just to fire and not just California. A recent notable effort was
to get 8? trailers shipped to Hawaii for first responder families
there who lost *their* homes. <br>
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<p align="center"><img src="cid:part1.aamjwavS.pSDZnCZt@swcp.com"></p>
<p>Aside from such extravagant things as an RV or maybe a vehicle
(many folks lost vehicles) and obvious things like *cash*, and
nearly useless things (like used clothing and worn out household
items), I see a need for used but still viable electronic
devices. Most obviously/specifically laptops and tablets... most
folks fleeing a fire or away from home cut off from home will have
their mobile devices with them. I am throwing in a handful of
deprecated (but still viable) power banks and rechargable (NiCad)
batteries/chargers (I've gone lithium). <br>
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<p>I gave up *my* last excess Winderz Laptop a while back or I'd
wipe it and send it along. I'm guessing there is a large
appetite for such items as people try to apply for FEMA and other
resources, stand their lives back up. Anybody here with a spare
viable laptop or tablet, I'd be happy to include it in the
delivery. <br>
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<p>Also for FriAM locals, I don't know the right intermediaries but
I believe there will be a large demand for people able to
temporarily foster animals (domestic and farm)... I know during
the Los Alamos fires and Post Katrina, that need drew out for
years in some cases while people got re-settled. <br>
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<p>- Steve<br>
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