>
> This letter from my son, who is with St Pauls Hospital in Dallas is in
> response to the letter written my daughter (see bottom) in London.
>
>
>
>
> Jenny, it is TERRIBLE. As of this morning Dallas is getting busloads and
> planelaods of patients who have been evacuated from Houston. A busload of
> patients coming in from Houston caught fire on a highway outstide Dallas
> this morning. Right now Dallas traffic is stopped. 24 died in the
> incident; the rest of the victims are being taken to Parkland (which is
next
> door to my hospital) for burns. We are getting overflow at my hospital.
> Our resources are stretched to the limits. Reports are that a planeload
is
> landing at DFW now and we're getting an additional 25 patients into our
> hospital. I am on the disaster coordination team with the hospital. I am
> giving hourly updates to teams as information comes in. Based on reports
> from the county or feds (which are sometimes incorrect, sketchy, or
> conflicting) we are moving resources in our hospital to where we think
> they're needed. As information changes we need to recoordinate plans
(which
> happens frequently). All administrators are pulling their hair out
> coordinating resources. I really feel like we are being tested to the
> limit. Just as we thought the work from Katrina was settling down now we
> have Rita. It's really testing everyone's ability to function as a team
in
> a longstanding disaster environment. I am focusing on the coordination
> efforts; the human suffering and dislocation is terrible on top of all
this
> which I tend to loose sight of as I am focused on just absorbing the work
> that has to be done to handle everything here at the hospital. The
> community resources outside the hospital are also being tested so the
whole
> community is really stressed and you can feel it in the air. . . alot of
> nervous energy.
>
> Our friends from New Orleans (the Benjamins) have been displaced three
times
> this summer. Their home was destroyed in New Orleans. They stayed in
> Atlanta during Katrina. They then relocated to Houston. Now they are
being
> evacuated from Houston. They are in Dallas now. We will be seeing them
the
> weekend. They have two children (3 and 5).
>
> a
>
>
> >>> < 9/22/2005 6:23 PM >>>
> Dear Aaron
> This Rita Storm is BIG news here. Are people coming to Dallas from the
> coastal towns of Texas? It is just so sad that this is happening again,
in
> such
> quick succession. How is it affecting you?
> Hope to hear from you.
> Jenny
>
>
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