The Katrina Photos belong to Pamela O’Flynn, RRT, MBA Respiratory Care Department Director, Harrison Medical Center. I copied a few of them with my digital camera and am showing them here. They are stark yet show the shared bonding of people sharing the same vivid experience of no supplies, no help and patients looking for assistance and medical supplies.
Picture Pam’s Katrina hit hospital here in her photo as one of
our hospitals after an earthquake – Harrison Medical Center or any
hospital. Harrison is lucky to have Pam’s experience – and
Anne Brown too – to lead their preparedness thanks to their
hospital experience with Katrina.
I’d like to see the Kitsap Sun partner with Pam and Harrison
Medical Center and our oxygen companies for an Emergency Town Hall
Seminar and video tape it for those citizens who can’t get there in
person. The people need to understand and put together
emergency plan and be prepared for the earthquake we know is coming
or any emergency where we must be self sustaining for at least 72
hours..
Folks on supplemental oxygen need a plan too – without oxygen,
we’re yesterday’s stale toast.
Above is the old generator…that didn’t work until some
talented person fixed it and it ran the hospital and the new one
failed.
A brand new generator flown in to the hospital by helicopter –
donated by a Texan. I knew Texas was home to world class
quarter horses and we know Texas is a big state – now we know Texas
people have a heart as big as the great outdoors too.
Thank you, Angela Dice, you are not only a good writer – you
know computer stuff too! Brian Lewis, Kitsap Sun Web
Programmer fixed my photo woes! Thank you both! It
worked, Brian – here they are.
More later… Sharon O’Hara
