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In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, a Celebrity cruise ship rerouted to deliver food, water and aid to survivors in the Bahamas. Kitchen staff made around 10,000 meals & guests volunteered to pack them.
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José Andrés runs a humanitarian relief nonprofit called World Central Kitchen and has dished up over 500,000 meals on three islands in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
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Chef Andrés started the organization to help Haiti after their devastating earthquake in 2010. Since then, they’ve donated meals in other areas hit hard by natural disasters.
Andrés and his team began setting up before Dorian made landfall at the Abaco Islands on September 1 as a category 5 hurricane. The hurricane had incredible maximum sustained winds of 185 mph.
They waited out the massive storm so they could immediately serve in the aftermath.
So where are we @WCKitchen right now? Just on the edge… but safe! Meeting now with Bahama officials @opmthebahamas to help coordinate feeding response! #ChefsForBahamas pic.twitter.com/vCHztBu8SO
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) September 1, 2019
Grand Bahama Island saw the hurricane, still a category 5, the next day, where it stalled over the island before heading to Florida on September 3. Dorian is the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas—the damage is caused was estimated at over $7 billion and at least 50 people died, with an additional 1,300 still missing.
Andrés tweeted about their efforts there and kept followers informed of the situation with videos. He met with Bahamian officials, aid groups, other chefs and tourism companies with yachts, cruise ships and helicopters—anyone else who could help—all while he coordinated three kitchens, each on different islands, to keep the food moving.
How do we organize a response in Bahamas? Here’s our current map we are working from…. @WCKitchen has kitchens ready to go and shelters mapped out. If kitchens are destroyed, we build one and cook in big paella pans! https://t.co/yNzrfrKIaS pic.twitter.com/fa4sBN8qMe
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) September 1, 2019
Tens of thousands of hot meals, fruit and sandwiches were served daily. There were even vegan and gluten free options. Every day of the effort, boats and helicopters arrived with hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh supplies. He was determined that not a single person there would go hungry or thirsty.
It’s important to remember that there was no electricity, so they also handed out solar lamps that could charge cell phones—many to families who were living in cars.
There didn’t seem to be a problem he and his team wouldn’t tackle.
The pier on Moore’s Island is coming together!! When I went, the community said this was the biggest problem…as they could not receive deliveries of food to cook. So @WCKitchen bought the wood and the first delivery arrived yesterday. Amazing quick progress! #ChefsForBahamas pic.twitter.com/peZG7l6gqe
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) September 21, 2019
Then, there were also Florida and the Carolinas to look after.
Anywhere there is a humanitarian crisis, World Central Kitchens is there, building kitchens, serving meals, talking to locals and always helping. From Puerto Rico to Guatemala, Tijuana to the Bahamas, you’ll find Andrés on the ground, surveying the situation and setting up his kitchens.
It's been just over 3 weeks since WCK began serving meals to those affected by Hurricane Dorian. Now, from 3 kitchens on 3 different islands, we have served 500,000 meals to evacuee shelters, churches, a hospital & into neighborhoods, and we're still cooking. #ChefsForBahamas pic.twitter.com/39YHMZTvRw
— World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen) September 24, 2019
He has multitudes to feed.
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“Florida Man” news never gets old, does it?
A man in Florida parked his car in his kitchen to protect it from Hurricane Dorian. And also just because, well, he can.
Patrick Eldridge lives in Jacksonville, a city that just narrowly escaped the path of Hurricane Dorian this week. While preparing for the storm, Patrick and his wife Jessica discussed what to do with their vehicles. Jessica’s car was parked in the garage, and, to avoid having to clean the rest of the garage to make room for Patrick’s car, he suggested parking it inside the house. He wanted to make sure it didn’t “blow away” and also to prove that he can.
This is a Smart car, so it’s significantly smaller than a regular car. But still, Jessica didn’t believe that it would fit.
“I said there was no way he could. He said he could,” Jessica said. “So he opened the double doors and had it in. I was amazed that it could fit. He had it in with no problems.”
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Patrick neatly parked the car inside the kitchen on top of a rug to protect the floor.
Surprisingly, Jessica says that the car isn’t even really in the way. She was able to maneuver around it to cook and serve dinner. However, it’s still a nuisance.
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“I’m hoping he will pull it out pretty soon once the wind dies down,” she said. “There is room and it’s not in the way but my dogs are confused by it.”
Posted by Jess Ica on Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Yeah, I would be, too.
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