Film industry professionals are looking for jobs helping flood victims. Jeff Palermo has more…
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More than 6 million dollars has been raised through over 5-thousand GoFundMe campaigns to assist flood victims. Don Molino has more…
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Professionals in Louisiana’s film industry are available to help in the recovery process from the historic flood. President of Film Production Capital, Will French, says the state’s film industry is down 85-percent, which means carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and other skilled workers are unemployed.
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French says this is a way to help both flood victims and film industry workers. He says unless these people get work, they could leave the state to work on film projects in Georgia or California.
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French says it’s not just people, they have resources too. He says one catering truck on a film set can serve 5-thousand meals a day, and there are currently 4 catering trucks sitting idle in Louisiana. He says they don’t want to see a repeat of what happened after Katrina.
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French says people who want to work and companies looking for employees can email film.helping.la@gmail.com.
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Over 5-thousand GoFundMe campaigns have been created to aid victims of this historic flooding raising more than six million dollars. CEO of GoFundMe Rob Solomon says money is being donated from all around the country and the world. He says this is the largest U.S. natural disaster seen on the GoFundMe platform.
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GoFundMe campaigns to rescue animals from the flood waters have raised 132-thousand dollars. Solomon says he’s seen the media mention that the Louisiana flood hasn’t received the attention it deserves but…
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Solomon says First Lady Donna Edwards is helping to raise money for teachers who lost everything in their classrooms. He also says celebrities, like the Voice’s Meg Linsey, have created GoFundMe campaigns.
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Former Governor Kathleen Blanco understands what state and local officials are dealing with as the recovery has begun from the devastating flood that inundated thousands of homes without flood insurance. She says similar to Hurricane Katrina, we are once again dealing with a serious housing dilemma.
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Blanco is concerned the lack of housing for flood victims could result in people moving out of the state to live with family members elsewhere. She says even those with flood insurance are struggling.
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Blanco says this will not be an overnight recovery and rebuilding will cost billions of dollars. She says it will be very hard for flood victims to repair their homes without some kind of government assistance.
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The National Hurricane Center is keeping its eye on three tropical systems in the Atlantic, and one of them has the potential of getting into the Gulf of Mexico. State climatologist Barry Keim says tropical storm Gaston is not a threat to the coastal US at this time and Fiona in the mid-Atlantic is fizzling out, but another disturbance, called Invest 99 is worth keeping an eye on.
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Keim says the storm appears to be heading over Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. But he says it is possible that Invest 99 could move into the Gulf.
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Keim says it’s not a surprise to see the Atlantic heating up with tropical activity as we are in the peak of the hurricane season. And he says all the conditions are right for major storms to develop.
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President Barack Obama spent the day touring a flood damage neighborhood in East Baton Rouge parish that were inundated by the flood waters. In a press conference held in front of a pile of debris, the President shared the heartwarming stories he heard of neighbors helping neighbors. He says Louisiana will have all the federal support it needs for as long as it takes.
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The Commander in Chief says FEMA is continuing to work around the clock to find temporary housing for those that have been displaced. He says when Congress gets back in session, they will look at how to help Louisiana long term, but the state has already received millions in federal assistance.
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