Project Report
| Jul 3, 2022
Update and Final report
By Larry Agee | Co-Founder & Executive Director
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DAUSA provided response teams immediately as the storm passed. They literally cut their way through a back highway to the Galliano La Area all night as it was till raining. Ambulance services asked for chainsaw teams and backhoe teams to help clean roads so they could get the affect houses. The hospital was shut down and they were basically a traveling ER. The teams work continuously for 45 days as teams and team members rotated in and out from MO, LA, TX, OK, FL, and CA. DAUSA tarped over 100 houses cut countless tress off houses, cleared roads, delivered food, water, and gas to survivors. Muck and gut teams showed up gut houses and spray with mold killing agents. We had a logistics team traveling 8 hours to bring in supplies at regular intervals, We left one of our trailers filled with tools and supplies for the local Rotary clubs to use for 6 months while sending volunteers their way also. We helped fund several local Rotary club projects for families in need and donated a cargo trailer to the local Golden Meadow rotary club to be turned into a cooking trailer to provide meals during future disasters. We thank you for support and or retooling for this hurricane season now.
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Mar 26, 2022
Update On Hurricane IDA Response
By Larry Agee | Co-Founder & Executive Director
![Handing out supplies]()
Handing out supplies
Dausa Continues to work with Local Rotary clubs and leader in the Homua, Gallanio and Golden Meadow communities. Our response trailer is still in the area and being used by local Rotarians to help their community. We also help during a Christmas Project for the families in need of food and supplies and even some toys for the children as many are still out of their homes and without work. Dehumidifier, air scrubbers, and a supply of Shockwave mold killing agents are helping those who are still fighting Mold during reconstruction.
DAUSA will conitnue to work with and support Projects in these community through the rest ofthe year
![Chainsaw and Backhoe with homeowners]()
Chainsaw and Backhoe with homeowners
![Helping a WWII Veteran]()
Helping a WWII Veteran
![NO time to get off the roof eat and keep working]()
NO time to get off the roof eat and keep working
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Tarping roofs
Nov 17, 2021
Update On Hurricane IDA Response
By Larry Agee | Co-Founder & Executive Director
![WWII Veteran 96 years old.]()
WWII Veteran 96 years old.
Hi Friend,
We would like to sincerely thank you for your generous $100 donation to Provide Immediate Aid to Hurricane Ida Victims through GlobalGiving on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Every donation helps ensure we can continue responding to the urgent and critical needs of our community, so thank you!
We know there are a lot of other ways you could have spent this money, so we feel privileged that you chose to invest in Disaster Aid USA.
Hurricane IDA
- Over 25K pounds of supplies
- 12 hours travel … 30 mins turned into 5.5 hours traveling & clearing a back road to small community in middle of night
- Cleared Roads @ Ambulance service request
- Chain sawed trees off houses
- Moved heavy debris to pick up points with backhoe
- Tarped over 30 roofs
- Muck and gutted homes
- Cleared metal debris from around houses
- Cut, downed powerlines for safety
- Sprayed mold killing agents in homes
- Supplied over 1000 gallons of gas
- Supplied Generators and small ACs for several homes
- Supplied Food Ice and water to local survivors in several truck loads
- Fixed broken Water lines
- Performed around a dozen wellness checks for Crowd source rescue. (Family member call CSR as they haven’t heard from family since storm or to rescue them from damaged home.) No cell service and and no 911 made this very important for family in others states. We tracked down the addresses and notify if someone was home or had evacuated. Many time neighbor would tell us they saw them before the storm but not after so we kept looking until found and then used our Satellite phone for them to call family and tell them they are ok. Very touching moments!
- Assets deployed: Rescue Boat, 2 Domestic response trailers, and Backhoe equipment. Team members From LA, Missouri, Texas and OK and Florida responded.
- Cranes from 35 Ton to 70 ton Capacities were offered to the local sheriff dept.
- DASUA Trailers of supplies came From Southwest LA, Texas, and Florida.
- Our teams were resupplied by friends of DAUSA in the middle of the night with a crew from over 5 hours away. Brought food, gas, ice, and roofing materials, then turned around immediately for home so our crews could keep operating.
- Teams are still being rotated in to help with debris and muck and gut job
Please consider telling your friends and family about our project—you can share this link to our GlobalGiving project on social media, or just bring us up in conversation. Sharing with your community why you chose to support Disaster Aid USA will help us increase the work we can do in our community. WE ARE PEOPLE OF ACTION!
Yours in service,
Larry Agee
![Chainsaw and Backhoe with homeowners]()
Chainsaw and Backhoe with homeowners
![Tarping roofs]()
Tarping roofs
![Damaged Home]()
Damaged Home
![Piling Debris up for Fema Trucks]()
Piling Debris up for Fema Trucks