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VENICE, Fla. \u2013<\/b> Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) is known for its slogan of \u201cBringing Help, Hope and Healing.\u201d However, it\u2019s not always in that order. It\u2019s been said that following a disaster like Hurricane Ian, it takes two or three days for the shock and adrenaline experienced by victims to wear off. That\u2019s when people realize how bad the damage really is; that they are hungry and there\u2019s no way to prepare or preserve food without electricity, and that they don\u2019t know where to turn. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s one reason MODR Task Force Ian was on-site at the First Baptist Church in Venice, Fla., within three days of when the hurricane tore through the central part of the state on Wednesday, Sept. 28. According to Mike Hibbard, white hat incident commander (team leader) for the first MODR team to reach Florida, there were already recovery teams, assessors and chaplains in the field by the following Saturday evening. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, we have the state\u2019s shower unit, feeding unit and laundry unit onsite to support our volunteers and the community,\u201d he said. \u201cPlus, Illinois Baptist DR sent a refrigerator unit for food storage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As Hibbard explained, Florida is a state heavily populated by retired people,\u00a0 <\/span>many living in mobile home communities. There was a lot of damage to those homes alone, particularly to roofs and awnings. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe counted six large mobile home communities in our service area alone,\u201d he said. \u201cIn fact, just one of them has around 1,400 units. In addition to roof damage, a large number of the homes had carports and awnings attached, which didn\u2019t survive the storm. So, there is a lot of aluminum that needs to be carried to the curb and a lot of units that need tarped to prevent further damage until the roof can be permanently repaired.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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VENICE, Fla. \u2013 Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer Tim Choplin of Independence, Mo., climbs through wreckage left behind by Hurricane Ian here. (Missouri DR photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

Unfortunately, Ian victims experienced much more than damage to their homes. Without electricity, people couldn\u2019t fix meals \u2013 assuming they still had food that hadn\u2019t spoiled. As a result, the MODR kitchen unit met an immediate need.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to feeding our own team, we\u2019ve been delivering as many as 500 meals a day to a couple of retirement communities and we\u2019re ramping up for even more capacity,\u201d Hibbard added. \u201cI went with the crew one of the first days we took meals to a retirement community, and they were so thankful. Some of them commented, \u2018We haven\u2019t had a real meal for three days,\u2019 and another person told me, \u2018I am so tired of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I don\u2019t know if I can eat another one.\u2019 The day we took them a hot meal, they kept coming back for seconds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

By Wednesday, Oct. 5th they had begun providing 2,700 meals per day to the Venice community. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hibbard says there will no doubt be a growing need for chainsaw and flood recovery teams in the near future. By the end of their first week on the ground, Hibbard\u2019s team of nearly 32 people already had around 130 work orders in the files.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, our service area covers about 17 miles in each direction,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you go south, much of the damage is near the coast as a result of wind and flooding. However, as you go east and north from here, the devastation is further inland and involves more wind damage,\u201d he added, pointing out how Ian traveled diagonally from Fort Myers toward Orlando. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jason Ballard, a volunteer from Fulton and member of the Heart of Missouri Baptist Association, noted that many of the residents he has helped are also too elderly to do any of the cleanup themselves. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my first time being first-in,\u201d he admitted. \u201cSo, after we got the command center set up, my team and I have been doing chainsaw work where we can. One job involved removing a tree that was blocking access to an entire subdivision, while others simply consisted of removing debris and fallen palm trees.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news,\u201d added Tom Malott, a volunteer assessor for MODR from Doniphan, \u201cis that since Venice was on the outer edge of hurricane damage, most roads are now open; gas stations and several restaurants are back open, and now that the Internet is up and running, people are finding out that help is available. Now it\u2019s just a matter of finding out which is needed most in the weeks ahead \u2026 chainsaw teams or flood recovery.\u201d To give to the relief effort, log on to the MODR website at modr.org\/give and click on the Hurricane Ian tab.\u00a0 <\/span>Checks may also be mailed to Missouri Baptist Convention Disaster Relief, 400 E. High St., Jefferson CIty, MO 65101.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been said that following a disaster like Hurricane Ian, it takes two or three days for the shock and adrenaline experienced by victims to wear off. 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