Hurricane Michael moved through Albany, Georgia on Wednesday October 10 as a Category 3 Hurricane, causing community-wide damage including mass power outages, loss of water supply, loss of revenue to businesses and structural and property damage. The below is a compiled list of recovery resources and updates as they are made available.
Updates from the City of Albany:
- Status updates: http://www.albanyga.gov
- Power outage map: http://www.albanyga.gov/about-us/city-departments/engineering-department/outage-map
- Customer storm outage report survey, in partnership with Dougherty County: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P8B5FP5
Updates from Dougherty County:
- Status updates: https://www.facebook.com/DoCoEMA/
- For direct recovery-related questions or concerns, contact the Dougherty County Emergency Management Agency at 229.431.2155.
Resources:
Food + Water
- National Guard Disaster Response Pods – Located at 2424 Sylvester Rd. in Albany (Former Winn Dixie site) and 445 Oakland Pkwy. in Leesburg (Oakland Library).
- Salvation Army Mobile Food Units – Located at 420 N. Westover Blvd. (First Free Will Baptist Church), 3500 MLK Jr. Dr. (Robert Cross Park), corner of Rosebrier and E. Massey (Tallulah Massey Park) and 800 Willie Pitts Jr. Rd. (Gordon Sports Complex), call 22.255.6048.
- Albany Fire Station No. 1 – Located at 320 N. Jackson St., call 229.431.3262.
- Albany Sand Dunes – Located on Sands Dr. off of E. Oglethorpe Dr.
- Mike’s Country Store, Putney – Located at 2305 Liberty Expy., call 229.496.1055.
Medical Assistance
- Non-Emergent Elderly Medical Transport – Albany Transit, call 229.483.6226 or 229.483.2667.
- For emergent medical needs, please call Dougherty County EMS at 911.
Debris Removal + Disaster Supplies
- Samaritan’s Purse – Located at 925 Pine Ave. (Former Coca-Cola bottling plant), call 229.733.4423.
- Albany Chain Gang – call 229-234-0038 or 229-234-0191.
- SBC Disaster Relief Team – Located at First Baptist Church at 145 Oakland Pkwy. in Leesburg, call 601.259. 2940.
- National Guard Disaster Response Pods – Located at 2424 Sylvester Rd. in Albany (Former Winn Dixie site) and 445 Oakland Pkwy. in Leesburg (Oakland Library).
- World Vision at Greater Cutliff Grove Missionary Baptist Church – Located at 841 W. Broad Ave., call 229.344.3199.
Shelter, Services + Personal Supplies
- American Red Cross- Providing shelter and food, located at 1010 Old Pretoria Rd (Second Mt. Zion Baptist Church), call 229.439.0334
- New Birth Fellowship Church – Providing shelter and showers, located at 2106 Radium Springs Rd., call 229.436.7658.
- Porterfield United Methodist Church – Washing laundry, call 22.446.6336.
- Planet Fitness – Providing showers, call 229.888.8689.
- St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church – Filtering water, call 864.923.4263.
- Volunteer-service needs assessment form from Albany Relief & Recovery: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8LBKiy2nedMJ0KpB64nc1DQLPAbvWXBIPh-NYw0SV5DAuDQ/viewformfbclid=IwAR0ou40nc9hz6NZ4_4Rt2yTp3s53uLCoyuinGbweCcP5qYI1wGcGfORm5WQ
Personal Financial Support
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance – Assistance including grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster are available to citizens of counties declared as federal disaster areas (Baker, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Miller and Seminole) through FEMA. Apply online at https://www.disasterassistance.gov, or visit 1704 S. Slappey Blvd. (Albany Technical College) or 300 Cason St. Albany, GA 31705 (Isabella Complex) in person from 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Monday – Saturday and 1:00 p.m. – 7 p.m. on Sundays. Call the FEMA toll-free help line at 800.621.3362.
Business Assistance
- Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans – Available from the U.S. Small Business Administration in varying capacities to businesses and private non-profit organizations in federal disaster areas and surrounding counties. Apply online at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/ or visit 125 Pine Ave. Suite 142 Albany, GA 31701 (UGA SBDC office) in person from 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Monday – Saturday. Call the FEMA toll-free help line at 800.621.3362.
- Disaster Unemployment Assistance – Available from the Department of Labor to citizens of counties declared as federal disaster areas (Baker, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Miller and Seminole) who are unemployed or partially unemployed as a direct result of Hurricane Michael. Application available online at https://www.dol.state.ga.us/WS4-MW5/cics.jsp?TRANSID=UCI1&FRMNAME=UCI1S or in person at any Department of Labor Career Center (Located in Albany at 1608 S. Slappey Blvd., call 229.430.5010).
- Consumer Protection Guide – https://albanyga.com/wp-content/uploads/consumer-protection-resources_AACC_2018.pdf.
- Damage and loss of revenue survey to be available ASAP from Albany Area Chamber of Commerce and Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission – stay tuned.
Spiritual Support
- Billy Graham Ministries – Samaritan’s Purse headquarters located at 925 Pine Ave. (Former Coca-Cola bottling plant).
- Sherwood Baptist Church – Call 229.886.4045.
How To Help:
- Gas cards, water, sports drinks, snacks, volunteers and monetary donations needed by Albany Chain Gang (checks payable to Albany Chain Gang), effective 10/15. Drop off at 2401 Dawson Rd. (Gieryic’s Automotive Repair) or 2231-D Dawson Rd. Call 229-234-0038 or 229-234-0191.
- Notepads and hand sanitizer needed at the Red Cross Shelter at the Albany Civic Center, effective 10/14. Located at 100 W Oglethorpe Blvd.
- Water, sports drinks, snack foods, tarps, gas cards and hand sanitizers needed at Samaritan’s Purse headquarters, effective 10/13. Located at 925 Pine Ave. (Former Coca-Cola bottling plant).
- Donate to the Dougherty County disaster relief fund via United Way at https://www.unitedwayswga.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=6.
- Donate towards disaster relief efforts via Mission Change at http://www.missionchange.com/donate/.
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