Category: Current Issues

How to be Safe in an Earthquake

Given recent seismic activity in our area, the Dallas Office of Emergency Management offers the following suggestions for being safe during an earthquake.

1. Don’t run during the shaking. Most injuries are from falling objects, not collapsing buildings.
2. Drop, cover and hold under a desk or table within the first 3-4 seconds of shaking. Stay there until the shaking stops.
3. If you are in a place without a table, get low! Think beneath, beside, between.
Getting beneath any desk or table is the best option. Sit beside an inside wall. Get low beside heavy furniture. Crouch low between rows of chairs in a movie theater, church or stadium. Get low beside and beneath the level of a grocery cart in the supermarket.
4. If you are outside in an open area… Sit down and cover your head with your arms.
5. If you are outside close to a building… Move into the building and find a safe place. Immediately outside a building is called the “danger zone”.

NOTE: Doorways are NOT a recommended safe place in an earthquake. It’s difficult to stay in the doorway during the shaking and the door often causes injury when it swings open and closed during the shaking.

See this Dallas DropCoverHold handout for more information.

by lgna2014

Injured Firefighter Needs Our Help

DFD_logoOne of the best things about our beloved neighborhood is that we band together to help one another. As you probably heard in the media, a Dallas firefighter was severely injured on May 3rd. He is a resident of our neighborhood and his nearby neighbors are asking our support in this time of need. Please read the message below and help in any way you can.

Some of you may have heard about a Dallas Fire Fighter who got injured last Saturday May 3rd fighting a fire. What you may not know is that he is a Lower Greenville Resident and neighbor of ours. Jeff Patterson suffered 3rd degree burns to 30% of his body.  He is still listed in critical condition and is currently at Parkland Hospital’s Burn trauma unit which is reputed to be the best in the country.

Tina and Jeff have two children, ages 5 and 2 years old and Jeff’s healing and recovery is going to be a very long and arduous process. We have set up a fund on his behalf (information listed below) and I am asking you all to please rally around our friends and neighbor during this life altering process.

In an effort to help the family, a CareCalendar has been set up for meal deliveries and donation information. You are welcome to share this link with anyone we may have left off.

To access the Patterson Family’s CareCalendar site, visit http://www.carecalendar.org/logon/181609 and enter the following information in the appropriate spaces:

Calendar ID   :   181609
Security code :   9389

In addition, a fund has been set up to help the family:

Donations can be sent to or dropped off at any Bank of America branch. Please make checks payable to Jeff Patterson or Tina Hernandez.
Acct Number: 488048747086
If needed, Routing Number : 111000025

We ask that you keep Jeff and the entire family in your prayers.

by Crime Watch Coordinator

Kids Helping Kids

There’s a great opportunity in our neighborhood to help kids help other kids.

Robert E. Lee’s Cougar Character Club members are collecting donations for Captain Hope’s Kids. Between May 12 and May 23, there will be a drop-off box on the front porch at 5843 Vanderbilt. Community donations are welcome. Donations will also be accepted at LGNA’s May 21 event at the Vagabond.

Items most needed:

  • Diapers
  • School supplies (notebooks, pencils, scissors, crayons)
  • Toiletries (brushes, combs, hairbands)
  • Toys, books, clothes (new and used)

The Cougar Character Club meets every other month during the school year at Robert E. Lee Elementary. The club is open to 5th graders and is sponsored by LGNA. May’s topic is “Helping Others Just Makes You Feel Good!” CCC Members are collecting clothes and toys for children in need.

Captain Hope’s Kids, an organization that meets the needs of homeless children, is working with CCC members to learn how important it is to help others in our community. Go to http://www.captainhope.org/ for more information on Captain Hope’s Kids.

Your contributions will be gratefully appreciated.

by lgna2014