With a hurricane in California and a drought in Louisiana, we’re likely to need new types of disaster response. Would anyone be interested in helping us start the RV Armada or Vanguard? (Kinda like the Cajun Navy)

ProfessionalSeaCacti:

What exactly are you looking for? What would the mission be?

UTtransplant:

Check out the Escapees organization and the DOVEs group (Disaster Operations Volunteer Escapees). Note the last thing a disaster needs is a bunch of untrained people showing up to utilize already stretched resources. You’d be better off working with established disaster relief organizations. The Cajun Navy is a short-term search and rescue group, not a disaster response team.

brjdenver:

No. Government-based emergency management isn’t always great (e.g., look at Maui) but the last thing any large-scale disaster needs is a flock or RVers self-dispatching into the affected zone trying to “help.” Source: I am in emergency management/EMS. Leave this to the organizations that are actually positioned to do a coordinated, proper job helping.

Source: With a hurricane in California and a drought in Louisiana, we’re likely to need new types of disaster response. Would anyone be interested in helping us start the RV Armada or Vanguard? (Kinda like the Cajun Navy)