While Ida may now be a tropical depression, it continues to leave flooding in its wake.
To help the public salvage cherished photographs, letters and other irreplaceable objects, please help distribute the following resources before they throw their items away.
Save Your Family Treasures
Fact sheet: Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Treasures (fema.gov)
Fact sheet: After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures (fema.gov)
These two fact sheets are available in additional languages at Heritage Emergency National Task Force | FEMA.gov.
According to the 10am CDT NWS Weather Prediction Center on 8/31/21:
- Flood and Flash Flood Watches extend from the Gulf Coast Region across the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, central and southern Appalachians, into the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England.
- Additional widespread moderate and isolated major river flooding impacts are forecast from northern West Virginia and western Maryland into southern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
- Widespread minor to isolated major river flooding is occurring or forecast from the Lower Mississippi Valley into far western Alabama. Rivers will remain elevated into next week.
Other excellent resources are:
Review these Flood Recovery Resources, as compiled by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC).
Browse the SAA Disaster Response and Recovery Resources page for compiled information on hurricane and flash flooding.
Request support from the SAA Foundation National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives (NDRFA).
To support institutions and archivists affected by this flooding, consider making a donation to the NDRFA fund.
For Immediate Advice or Assistance:
Contact the National Heritage Responders at 202-661-8068.
See the Northeast Document Conservation Center's Emergency Resources
or contact NEDCC's 24/7 Emergency Hotline at 855-245-8303.
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Heather Parks
Binghamton NY
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