Ua mālama ʻia ka hui makahiki ʻo Hatteras Island Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) i ka pō Pōʻalima, Ianuali 9, ma ke Keʻena Kinai Ahi Volunteer Avon.I ka wā o ka hālāwai, ua ʻike maoli ʻo CERT i kekahi mau lālā o kā lākou hui, a me nā lālā o ke kaiāulu, no kā lākou hoʻoikaika a me nā haʻawina ma mua, i ka wā, a ma hope o ka Hurricane Dorian.Ua ʻōlelo ākea ʻo Larry Ogden, alakaʻi CERT, "Inā ʻaʻole lākou, manaʻo wau ʻaʻole mākou e kūleʻa."

He pūʻulu manawaleʻa ʻo Hatteras Island CERT, a me nā hui ʻē aʻe e like me Dare County Social Services (DCSS), Dare County Emergency Management (DCEM), a me nā keʻena ahi manawaleʻa a pau o ka mokupuni (VFD), hoʻonohonoho i nā hana hoʻōla ma mua o ka ua pa ka ino.

He ʻelele NOAA ʻo CERT, a no laila, loaʻa iā ia nā mea hou a me nā wānana no nā ʻino i ka wā e loaʻa ai.Ua like loa nā hopena o Dorian e like me ka wānana, a ua hoʻokahe ʻo Dorian i ka mokupuni ʻo Hatteras mai Avon a i Hatteras Village i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Kepakemapa o 2019. Ma mua o ka emi ʻana o ka ʻino, ua hoʻopili ʻo DCSS iā Larry Ogden, ka Pelekikena o ka hui ʻo Hatteras Island CERT, ma kahi o ke ola. Hiki i ka pūʻali ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi kaʻa meaʻai, ʻoiai ua hoʻopili ʻo Dare County Fire Marshall i ke alakaʻi CERT e loiloi i ka pōʻino a ʻike i nā lako e pono ai i nā hana hoʻōla.Ua kāhea ʻo Som To, ka luna hale kūʻai ʻo Kill Devil Hills Lowes, ma mua o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ʻana o nā alanui no ka huakaʻi e hāʻawi i "nā lako e pono ai."

I ka manawa koke, i ka wā i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ai nā alanui no ka huakaʻi a manaʻo ʻia he palekana, hoʻomaka ʻo CERT e hoʻokumu i ka Frisco VFD a me ka Avon VFD me nā kits a lākou i hoʻomākaukau ai e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike koʻikoʻi e loaʻa i nā poʻe ke kōkua e pono ai lākou.ʻOiai ua hui pū me nā hui e like me ka hui ʻo Cape Hatteras United Methodist Men, DCEM, DCSS, a me nā VFD a pau, ua hoʻokō ʻo CERT i ka nui o nā loiloi a alakaʻi i ke ala, e hana pū ana me kēia mau hui ʻē aʻe i ka wā o ka ʻino.

ʻO 38 o nā lālā 50 o CERT i hana me ka luhi i ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla holoʻokoʻa, ʻo kekahi i ka wā e hana ana i ko lākou mau home ponoʻī e luku ʻia.Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo Ed Carey, he lālā hou o CERT, ma ka hālāwai no ka hana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā o ka ʻino.Ua hui pū nā poʻe manawaleʻa kūloko a me nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā hana hoʻōla, a hāʻawi nā haneli o nā poʻe hoʻomaha a mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua i nā lako a me ke kālā.

Ua hoʻokumu ke kōmike i alakaʻi ʻia e Jenn Augustson i ka Frisco "Really" Free Market ma Frisco VFD ma hope o ka ʻino e hoʻonohonoho a puʻunaue i nā makana he nui.Ua loaʻa iā Marcia Laricos ka mahalo no ka lilo ʻana i mea manawaleʻa i kēlā me kēia lā a me ke kākoʻo holoholona, ​​ʻoiai ʻo ia i hōʻoia i nā lako a me nā meaʻai pipi no kā mākou kamaʻāina huluhulu ma ka Frisco Free Market.

ʻO Lowes ma KDH wale nō i hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe nui, nā ʻeke ʻōpala he nui, Gatorade, nā pā wai, nā pitchforks, nā rake, nā mīkina lima, a me nā ʻōpala a pau e pono ai.Hāʻawi ʻo Som To, ma KDH Lowes, i nā kaʻa kaʻa holoʻokoʻa piha i nā lako.Eia naʻe, ma muli o ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa nui o nā lako, pono ʻo CERT i kēia manawa e mālama hou aku.

Ua noi ʻo CERT a ua ʻae ʻia no kahi haʻawina ma ka huina o $8,900, a lākou i hoʻohana koke ai no ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi trailer 20-kapuaʻi hou no ka mālama ʻana i nā lako.Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa aku ka Manteo Lions Club i kahi trailer utility gated, nā hōʻailona e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā keʻena, nā pākeke, a me nā mea hana pono nui e kōkua i ke kumu.

ʻO nā mea kōkua ʻē aʻe i loaʻa ka mahalo kūikawā ma ka hui ʻo Pierce Benefits Group, nāna i hāʻawi i $20,000 i nā dehumidifiers nui e hoʻohana ʻia i nā hale a puni ka mokupuni ʻo Hatteras i kēia ʻino a me nā mea hou aku e hiki mai ana.Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Moneysworth Beach Rentals i nā pahu waiho ʻilika ma ke kaʻa-piha no nā ʻohana i hiki ke mālama i ko lākou lole, nā album ʻohana, a me nā mea pilikino.Hāʻawi ʻo NC Packs for Patriots i nā kaʻa kaʻa o Girl Scout Cookies, ka mea i mālama i ka morale kiʻekiʻe a nalowale loa!A ua loaʻa iā Dollar General in Waves ka mahalo a me ka mahalo no ka ʻae ʻana iā CERT e mālama i ka hale kaʻa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i piha i nā lako ʻino ma ko lākou wahi kaʻa kiʻekiʻe e pale aku ai i ke kahe ʻana.ʻO nā haumāna a me nā kumu o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Bear Grass, i hōʻea i ka pāʻani volleyball mua ma hope o ka ʻino, ua hele pū me nā lako i hāʻawi ʻia mai nā haneli keiki kula!

Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hui CERT kūloko ma luna o 4,000 mau hola manawaleʻa wale nō i ka wā o ka pane ʻana o ka ʻino.Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Dorian Response Leaders Kenny Brite, Richard Marlin, Sandi Garrison, Jenn Augustson a me Wayne Mathis no kā lākou ʻike manawaleʻa aloha ʻole, me nā mea hana koʻikoʻi a me nā mea hana e like me Joann Mattis, Marcia Laricos, a me Ed Carey, i lilo i lālā i ka wā o ka hoʻōla. .Ua mālama ʻia nā lālā CERT, i alakaʻi ʻia e Misty lāua ʻo Amberly, i kahi pāʻina hoʻomaikaʻi kūikawā no 60+ mau mea manawaleʻa i ka hopena o 2019 ma hope o ka ʻōlelo ʻia a hana ʻia.

Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka mahalo kūikawā a me nā pāpaʻi i nā hui nui ʻekolu i hōʻoia i ka mea nui i kā lākou kōkua ʻana i ka mokupuni ʻo Hatteras me kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana i nā meaʻai, nā lako, a me nā lako.Hāʻawi nā lālā CERT i ka mahalo nui i ka Manteo Lions Club no kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana i ka hale kiʻi kiʻi ponoʻī, nā hōʻailona, ​​​​nā pākeʻe, nā kaʻa, a me nā mea hana.Ua ʻae ʻo Michele Wright, Luna Hoʻokele Zone, Mark Bateman, Kiaʻāina Apana, Nancy Bateman, Lion, a me Rick Hodgens, Lion, i ka hanohano ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hui Manteo Lion.

Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻike kūikawā a me nā plaques iā Som To, o Lowes ma Kill Devil Hills, no kāna hana koʻikoʻi i ka hana hoʻōla.Hāʻawi ʻo Som ma ka ʻaoʻao o Lowes i nā lako he nui e pili ana i ka wai, nā lako hoʻomaʻemaʻe, nā bākeke makani ʻino, nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me kēlā me kēia pahu hoʻopōmaikaʻi o ka ʻōpala.Wahi a Larry Ogden, "Ua hoʻouka ka luna kūʻai o Lowe i nā mea āpau!ʻAʻole pono iaʻu e hoʻouka i kekahi mea!”

ʻO ka Outer Banks Community Foundation kona Luna Hoʻokele, ʻo Lorelei Costa, a me nā lālā, ʻo Marryann Toboz a me Scout Dixon i ʻike ʻia me kahi plaque kūikawā pū kekahi.Hāʻawi ka OBCF i ʻekolu mau kaʻa kaʻa i piha i nā lako, nā ʻāpana mālama no nā hāʻawi a me nā lako, a hāʻawi i ka haʻawina $8,900 no ke kaʻa kaʻa 20 kapuaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.Ke kiaʻi pū nei ka OBCF i kahi moʻokāki Disaster Relief nui aʻe a me ka $ 1.5 miliona mai nā poʻe 6,000 a puni ka honua!

Ua ʻike a hoʻokipa ʻo CERT i nā lālā hou no 2019: Jonna Midgette, Robert Midgette, Keith Douts, David Smith, Cheryl Pope, Kevin Toohey, Vance Haney, a me Ed Carey.

Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ka Luna Hoʻokele a me ke Komisina Kalana ʻo Danny Couch iā CERT no nā hana hoʻōla maʻalahi, a me NOAA no nā wānana kikoʻī.Ua hoʻomaikaʻi pū ʻo ia i nā hui ʻekolu me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "He one kā mākou a pau i kā mākou kāmaʻa… ʻike mākou pehea e nānā ai kekahi i kekahi."A laila hele ʻo ia e kaena i ka 98% o nā hāʻawi iā CERT i hiki maoli i ka poʻe nele.A laila, ua ʻoi aku ka ʻino o ka hālāwai, ʻoiai ʻo ia i ʻōlelo ai i kahi hana hou no ka hana hale, a me ke kau ʻana i kahi moku ulia pōpilikia ma kahi kū no ka ʻino e hiki mai ana.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Couch ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hōʻole hou i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wai, a ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau he pilikia maoli ia e kū nei i ko mākou kaiāulu i kēia mua aku.

"Ke hiki mai ka wai, ʻaʻohe ona wahi e hele ai," wahi āna."I kekahi manawa, pono mākou e kaulike i ka ʻoihana ... me ke kaiapuni."

ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe a pau i ʻae ʻia ua hoʻokō maikaʻi ʻia ka hana hoʻōla no kēlā ʻino ʻino me 5-7 kapuaʻi o ka wai kahe ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hatteras, a ua hauʻoli loa ke alakaʻi CERT ʻo Larry Ogden i ka "kamaʻilio a me ka launa pū ʻana ma Dorian, Dorian. hāʻawi ʻia nā manawa kūpono e hoʻomaikaʻi ai ma mua o ka ʻino e hiki mai ana, a e hiki mai ana kahi ʻino e hiki mai ana.No laila, e hui ana nā lālā CERT me nā lālā o DCSS a me DCEM i kēia mahina e nānā i nā hana pane a kamaʻilio i nā wahi no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana.

Ke nānā nei ʻo CERT i kahi 2020 huahua me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kēlā me kēia mahina ma ka Pōʻalima ʻelua o kēlā me kēia mahina.Manaʻo lākou e kamaʻilio pū me ke kaiāulu Ocracoke e hoʻonui i ka CERT i ka mokupuni ʻo Ocracoke.Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i kāu hui CERT kūloko e hoʻolaha ana i ka ʻike a me kā lākou leka ma nā wahi aʻe i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana: