[Andy Baker]

We (TechnoKats) plan on filling a tote or two with parts and then send them to Katie at NASA Stennis.

With all of this in mind, I see an opportunity.

Every day, hundreds of RV trailers pass through Kokomo*. 99% of them are being transported to the Gulf Coast Area. They have been bought by FEMA and will be temporary housing for those who have no place to call home. These trailers are all made in Northern Indiana (on the border of Michigan), and Kokomo is in route to their final destination in the Gulf Coast area.

Imagine a trail of ants travelling back and forth between their anthill and a large food source. This is the same, but on a larger scale.

I assume that all of these trailers are mostly empty. Also, they are all being pulled by pickup trucks with empty beds. This is a potential to transport lots of stuff to the Gulf Coast area. I would like to throw a tote (or a hundred of them) in the back of these trucks as they go down, and then have someone on one of these FIRST teams in the devastated area meet up with this truck and trailer when it gets down there.

In a world with no red tape, this could work. I have no idea how to go about doing this, but someone may have a contact that could help make this happen. It could happen not only in Kokomo, but anywhere along this route between northern Indiana and the Gulf Coast area. Does anyone know who is coordinating this trail of trailers?

Andy B.



* - I estimate 1 trailer passes through here each minute or two, during daylight hours. This could be as high as 1,000 each day. It's been happening for the past 4-6 weeks. All of these trailers have a federal FEMA sticker in the window. There are "FEMA drivers - free coffee" signs in local businesses. You can't drive on hwy. 31 without seeing one of these trailers.