Baptist Convention of Maryland/Deleware

SBDR response needs to Irene coming into focus

By Mickey Noah - 9/2/11

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – 12 Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) feeding units from seven state conventions have already cooked almost 94,000 meals for victims across the 11 states ravaged by last weekend’s Category 1 hurricane. But the work is only beginning.

According to news reports, the death toll from Hurricane Irene now stands at 45.  2 million people up and down the Eastern Seaboard remain without power, and the projected damages from Irene are now estimated to be $10 billion.

In southern Maryland, the Baptists Convention of Maryland/Delaware is coordinating a significant chainsaw operation based at Leonardtown Baptist Church in Leonardtown, Md. Three Tennessee chainsaw units are deployed there, along with a Kentucky shower unit.  Full Article