11 Meetup Groups match “disaster response” near New York, NY
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Making NYC more sustainable and more resilient We can be proud of NYC’s record as one the greenest large cities in the US. For years, we’ve been describing green practices as making our communities more sustainable. That’s good, but a little vague – leaving us to guess about exactly which existential threat is being implied – and how much the green practice in question will help, let alone ensure our civilization is still around in 10 or 100 or 10,000 years. Then came Hurricane Sandy. The s …
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What is crisismapping? Crisismappers are online teams of people who gather and provide data online to people responding to and people caught up in disasters. Crisismapping has been around for a while, but for most people it started with the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, where all the government and NGO information needed to respond to the earthquake was lost in the earthquake. We created online maps from satelllite images, put SMS and media reports onto an Ushahidi map, got documents into Sahana, …
All are welcome! With thousands of responsible and concerned New Yorkers residing on Long Island, it is time to join together and proclaim "we are preppers"! Whether your motivation is to put aside some extra food to tide you over in the event of a job loss or medical emergency, prefer to be able to sit tight for a few days following an extended Long Island weather emergency or you have noticed the world is a mite unstable these days and are looking for a bit of personal sustainability - this i …
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My name is Silvia. I started this group when I realized that most of us live in an happy part of NY called Upper West Side, not affected by Sandy. This time I, we, as parents can do something as well. Because as Dwight Parents we are a little Community. Cause we're not so far from there, and a lot of New Yorker friends are there, maybe other Dwight parents. Maybe we don't know that many close friends are affected just because the affected people can't access the Internet. We knows only about tho …
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Kpop Fans for Hurricane Sandy Relief was organized by Kpop fan, and New Jersey resident, Adrienne Stanley. The K-pop fan community responded to news of Hurricane Sandy with an outpouring of concern and compassion for New Jersey residents. Inspired by this, Adrienne started Kpop Fans for Hurricane Sandy Relief for the sole purpose of conceiving and organizing a collection effort, that took place during the Big Bang concerts in held in Newark, New Jersey. This first successful drive yielded over a …
Membership is comprised of Women either in the Information Security field or wanting to enter the field. The purpose of this group is to advance women in Information Security by promoting networking, education, mentoring, resource-sharing, and opportunities. Regular workshops will be offered to bridge the gap of theory and/or minimal hands-on labs from a course you took or self-studying. You will get to learn and practice in an environment of like-minded women. Workshops will be led by SME's in …
Welcome to the Original Long Island Tactical Preppers: the original tactical prepping group. Like many other prepping groups, our primary goals are disaster preparedness and survival! However, we have added a tactical aspect to our prepping approach. As such, we place and elevated emphasis on defending our prepping efforts from those who would threaten our survival and the survival of those we are responsible for. We are looking for likeminded preppers to share their information and expertise in …
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Creating a community and support system for those who share the common bond of being displaced by Hurricane Sandy so we can help each other through this difficult time.
Participate in the muck out and mold suppression of homes in the Rockaways, Staten Island and Brooklyn with World Cares Center. Volunteers will be matched with an experienced team lead and perform basics of muck out of homes. Basic personal safety items and muck out equipment will be provided. On occasion, tools (wrenches, screwdrivers, etc.) are useful for mucking out homes. If you have access to this equipment and are willing to use them for this task, please bring them to the site. These oppo …
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A volunteer initiative created to help make communities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to any emergency situation. Join our group and meet-up with an extensive network of like-minded individuals and agencies focused on volunteering.
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The NY/LI Zombie Outbreak Response Team or Z.O.R.T. is a team made up of 50 UNITS that operate all over the U.S. and other countries, training, preparing and waiting for the ZoMbIe apocAlypse. We are everyday people. we are mothers AND fathers, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles. we are doctors, sanitation workers, police officers, military service personnel and school teachers. we are …
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