A million homeless after Mexican floods

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Nearly one million people in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco are homeless in the wake of the region's worst flooding in 50 years.

Days of heavy rains have caused river banks in the region to overflow, submerging much of the oil-rich region underwater. Television footage showed many residents standing on rooftops waiting to be rescued, in scenes reminiscent of the southern U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.

The disaster has also left grocery stores without food and water, and there have been reports of looting. President Felipe Calderon, who visited the state Friday, has asked Mexicans to donate bottled water, canned goods, personal items and other vital supplies.
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Weather forecasters predict there will be more rain in the coming days.

These poor people

they could pump some of that water to the Southeastern US?

Mother Nature is an evil bitch ain't she..........

The big difference with NOLA is that there is so much less leeway in the Mexican economy that for those fleeing the floodwaters, this is much less likely to be "working out pretty well for them", in Babs' immor(t)al phrase.

edit: spleiing.

resources were mobilized immediately at all levels

And the Mexican Red Cross will GO INTO the disaster zone and do its job... ranging from EMS and Rescue to refugee housing and feeding...

a young LT where to stuff it, as I drove my ambulance though a military checkpoint

That little thing about Independence is taken seriously down there.

That other one, neutrality is also taken very seriously

I emailed them today asking where to send a check... my body cannot do this anymore, or I'd volunteer just as I would have last week here in California.

Hell I qualify as a veteran

:-)

I hope they do better than we did. At the worst, I hope they learn enough to be ready for the next time. Because there will be.

We need a holding your head smiley.

If I can find any relief info tonight, I'll put it up.

:(

In all seriousness though, my heart is out to those poor people in Mexico. I hope they come through this okay.

if you want to send any help... as in check

http://mexicotoday.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-help-tabasco_02.html

Government offers aid to Mexico

The Government is to provide emergency funding for areas of Mexico and Caribbean which have been affected by severe flooding in recent days.

The Minister of State for Overseas Development, Michael Kitt, announced that Irish aid will make up to €1 million available for relief efforts for those affected by severe flooding in Mexico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and other countries in the region hit by Hurricane Noel.

A week of heavy rains over Mexico caused rivers to overflow, drowning at least 80 per cent of the swampy, oil-rich state of Tabasco. Much of the state capital, Villahermosa, looked like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, with murky water reaching to second-storey rooftops and desperate people waiting to be rescued.

President Felipe Calderon, flying overhead, called it one of Mexico's worst recent natural disasters.

Making the announcement of emergency relief funding, Minister Kitt said: "I am shocked by the severity of the floods experienced in the Gulf of Mexico. The Irish Aid emergency funding that I am announcing this afternoon will assist in international efforts to provide shelter and relief to those who have been worst affected." Irish Aid's funds will be distributed through partner relief organisations operating in the region, including the UN and Red Cross.

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/1103/breaking39.htm

good...

This means that hopefully the ICRC will update its page soon

BANK ACCOUNTS

Cruz Roja Mexicana IAP account 0401010115 de BBVA Bancomer sucursal Palmas número 0683
Ayuda a Tabasco at Banco Azteca, account 01720115412160
Secretaría de Administración y Finanzas del Gobierno del Estado de Tabasco, Banamex account , 2001695137; HSBC account 4000943274
PESO POR PESO These banks will provide one peso for each peso deposited: Banamex account No. 120, sucursal 100 under the name of a Fomento Cultural Banamex, A. C.; Banorte account No. 27 electronic transfer code 072-790-00000000027-0
BBVA-Bancomer name of the account Fundación BBVA Bancomer 04 Apóyame 3 Cuenta: 0427692633
Santander Cuenta Apoyo a Tabasco
Scotiabank Account : 00100911240
HSBC account name Fundación Merced Account: 4025940156
Ixe Banco, S.A. a nombre de Damnificados de Tabasco, Account: 7777777-8

This is the way they do it down there.

Now noticed that Scotiabank is in the list so let me check if this can be done directly

I guess I will have to patiently wait for the Mexican Red Cross to answer the email

cannot find anybody else