#disaster assistance

[honorthegods]

If you live in Los Angeles County and need help or want to help, you'll find tips at the LA Mutual Aid Society: https://www.instagram.com/mutualaidla/ and bit.ly/malan-fire

Here's some ways to help survivors of the Los Angeles County wildfires:

Pasadena Humane Society: This organization has taken in over 400 animals from the Eaton fire, including wildlife. They desperately need monetary donations to purchase medical supplies and other resources as they continue to take in burned and injured animals. Donate at give.pasadenahumane.org/fire. They're also in need of fosters.

Los Angeles Animal Services: All six of their shelter facilities are at or over capacity, and they're asking for the public's help to adopt or foster so they can make room for lost pets. They've specifically waived adoption fees for dogs and cats at this time, as those are their most critically full populations. You can also donate at laanimalservices.com/donate-today.

Greater Good: They’re distributing survival supplies and pet food to desperate families and animals. They are working with shelter partners in the L.A. area to support medical care for burned pets. They will continue to assess the situation with their partners and stand ready to deliver additional aid. 

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Our vision: No one goes hungry in Los Angeles.

I checked and these non-profit organizations have been rated 4/4 by https://www.charitynavigator.org/

More highly-rated charities providing relief and recovery to those impacted by fire in the Pacific Palisades and surrounding areas: https://www.charitynavigator.org/losangelesfires

NOTE: Always check out charities before donating/volunteering and simply do not donate if you don't feel comfortable doing so for any reason.

Additional/possibly overlapping suggestions here:

How to help victims of California wildfires affecting Los Angeles County

Nonprofit groups are working to distribute essential supplies to those impacted by the fires across the Los Angeles area.

How to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires

As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, leaving thousands displaced and causing widespread destruction, experts urge long-term suppo

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updated 13 January 2025

[etakeh]

Hey so "Cat 5" is trending and that's never a good thing.

I hope you never need to use this service, but it's good to know it's there.

[brimarc-noel-llc]

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[rjzimmerman]

As Warming Fuels Disasters, Relief Often Favors White People

The federal government often gives less help to Black disaster survivors than their white neighbors. That’s a challenge for President Biden, who has vowed to fight both inequality and climate change.

Excerpt from this story from the New York Times:

Roy Vaussine and Charlotte Biagas live in modest, single-story homes about a dozen miles apart in southwest Louisiana. When Hurricane Laura tore through their community last August, the damage was nearly identical. A tree crashed through the roof of each house. Neither had insurance. Each sought help from the federal government.

At that point, their stories diverge. The Federal Emergency Management Agency initially gave Mr. Vaussine $17,000 in assistance; Ms. Biagas and her husband, Norman, got $7,000.

Their situations are different in another respect: Mr. Vaussine is white. Charlotte and Norman Biagas are Black.

A growing body of research shows that FEMA, the government agency responsible for helping Americans recover from disasters, often helps white disaster victims more than people of color, even when the amount of damage is the same. Not only do individual white Americans often receive more aid from FEMA; so do the communities in which they live, according to several recent studies based on federal data.

Leaders at FEMA are wrestling with the complicated question of why these disparities exist — and what to do about them. The problem seems to stem from complex systemic factors, like a real estate market that often places higher values on properties in communities with many white residents, or the difficulty of navigating the federal bureaucracy, which tends to favor people and communities that have more resources from the beginning.

The impact from this disparity is long-lasting. White people in counties with significant disaster damage that received FEMA help saw their personal wealth jump years later while Black residents lost wealth, research published in 2018 shows.

The imbalance comes as climate change fuels more frequent and more destructive storms, wildfires and other disasters, and marginalized communities tend to be both the most exposed to damage and least able to recover financially.

[eilitintheheartland]

For anybody that may need FEMA assistance. You will need this information. The quicker you contact them the quicker they can help you. Please have patience as their resources are already stretched thin.

[honorthegods]

How to help victims of California wildfires affecting Los Angeles County

Nonprofit groups are working to distribute essential supplies to those impacted.

[jammernews]

FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas

As it shifts responsibility for recovery efforts to local authorities, FEMA workers will stop knocking on doors to provide aid to survivors

[sixbucks]

The 🍊🤡 has turned on his sycophant. He’s denied Governor Tradwife federal assistance for tornadoes and flooding. And we’re a red state and Sarah and her administration do every single thing he wants. Even our representatives toe the Trump-line.

Arkansas to appeal Individual Assistance denial for March 14 storms

Following the round of severe weather and tornadoes that the state of Arkansas was subjected to, Governor Sanders applied for Individual Ass