How to help There is a continuing
Option) Checks can also be mailed to: American Red Cross of Alaska 235 E 8th Ave., Suite 200 Anchorage AK 99501 n Tlingit and Haida Central Council - Tribal Emergency Operations Center Visit www.ccthita. org and click on “news and events” to get links to donate via Square and PayPal. n GoFundMe www.gofundme.com and search Haines Alaska Disaster Relief
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need for help, especially financial support, for the families of Haines as they continue to recover and begin to rebuild their lives. Here are three import- ant ways AMA members (and anyone else) can pro- vide much-needed help. n American Red Cross of Alaska Donate by Phone: 907- 646-5401 or online www. redcross.org/donate/ donation.html. (Be sure to toggle the “I want to sup- port my local Red Cross”
expertise and needs was key. Staff members from the Alaska Di - vision of Geological and Geophysical Surveys as well as the Department of Transportation were among the first responders on site, to evaluate what had already happened but also to look for warning signs for future slides. Geo Team members including DGGS, DOT, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Public Safety, Haines Borough, and mining industry representatives. “The exploration industry is highly trained for this kind of event,” Corne - jo told AMA members in December. “We’re used to working 12- to 18- hour shifts and working with dynam- ic geoscientific data and working with helicopters and drones. It’s an asset to emergency response in a hazardous situation.” Cornejo said AMA member support was invaluable in the first days and remains so: “I want to say thank you to Kensington and Greens Creek for all the support and financial support and equipment support. Constantine has been very generous in basically providing local support.” That included letting her focus on the Geo Team emergency response. Help also came from a surprising source. “Raw TV has been very instru - mental as well,” Cornejo said. “Raw TV is the production company that produces the Discovery Channel ‘Gold Rush: White Water’ TV show here and they have tremendously trained rope safety technicians, and trained drone operators and equipment. “They have been very generous donating their personnel and gear to the safety effort as well. “Southeast Road Builders pitched in rebuilding the roads and both Coastal and Temsco Helicopters were on site for several days flying geosci - ence surveys and personnel.” One of the first challenges was evaluating future risks in the very fluid situation. “We couldn’t get up there and the rain kept falling,” preventing assess- ment of the important higher eleva- tion instabilities. “We got tremendous work and
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The Alaska Miner
Winter 2021
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