| I think that would be a really good idea. I feel so bad for them. I
just checked the phone book, we have offices in Missouri and Iowa,
one is in St. Louis,Missouri and Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa. I know they
talk about these 3 cities on the news. Some other offices also but I
don't know how close they are the floods.
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>> I cannot comment on our customer base in this area or about St.
>> Louis.
Hi. I'm John Brockus, in the St. Louis, Mo. office.
The entire metropolitan area is surrounded with small communities in
trouble. But the city of St. Louis itself is intact and (mostly)
unscathed. The South side of the city, on the River Des Peres, seems to be
the most hurt at this time.
The Digital facility is located in a suburb called Creve Coeur, which is
high and dry.
As far as I know, no Digital employees are directly endangered by the flood.
Some of my coworkers (myself included) live in communities where the water
supply is endangered. Alton, Illinois, where I live, is under a boil order
for our water supply, and the water plant is protected only by a sandbag
levee. The residential part of Alton is safe from the flood.
The DEAC (Digital Employee's Activity Commitee) here is organizing
employees to assist the community. Many individuals have worked on sandbag
lines, and volunteered at the Red Cross and Salvation Army relief efforts.
Each day brings news of collapsed levees and sandbag levees, and more flood
victims on the outskirts of the city and outlying communities.
I will inform the DEAC of your interest, and I am certain we all appreciate
your good thoughts for us in this region. In the absence of other advice
following this, I would suggest you direct your money and other donations
to the Salvation Army and perhaps the Red Cross. They are doing a really
good job here taking care of the newly homeless and the volunteer corps
that is attempting to hold back the flood.
They are warning us that the worst is yet to come. After the flood, the
donations drop off, but many people will remain homeless, and the cleanup
process is as grueling and longer in term than the actual flood.
Thank you very much for your interest,
JPB
Digital Consulting (I guess...)
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| Columbia, MO
We are far enough from the Missouri River to be okay, but some of our
creeks are out of their banks and flooding homes in the area. Also our
water supply is in danger and sourrounded by sandbags. However,
officials say we have plenty in excess to survive plus we have the
capability to tap into the county reserves which I understand is more
than adequate.
Our Digital office is not in danger but alot of customers are. We have
assembled a Disaster Recovery Team to call all customers who do and do
not have RecoverAll Services. It's amazing how surprised customers are
to hear from us stating we were their first vendor to call with concern
and offers of help.
The previous noter from STO was right about clean up efforts. It's a
nasty and lengthy chore. I know my neighborhood is flooded by a creek
just about 1/2 mile from my house and when you go down to the sight the
smell is just overwhelming. And after the water goes down it needs to
be cleaned up before the mud dries or else it's virtually impossible.
I can see why not as many people volunteer for clean-up as do for
sandbagging.
Thanks for your concern, and I also think the Red Cross is a good
avenue for non-local people to show support, just be sure to designate
it to the flood effort.
Thanks again
Belinda
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| There are plans underway now to mount a relief effort based in
Merrimack. We are working with a local radio station to coordinate the
effort for the general public as well. At this point, we are waiting to
get approval from Security/Facilities, etc. I expect that will happen
very soon (today?)
I'll post the notice just as soon as we have that approval.
Chet Bowles
264-3752
MKO1-2/G37
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