{"id":20163,"date":"2024-01-26T13:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vccflegacy.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=20163"},"modified":"2025-01-29T07:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T07:47:07","slug":"plea-for-help-for-victims-of-pre-christmas-thunderstorm-in-ventura-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/plea-for-help-for-victims-of-pre-christmas-thunderstorm-in-ventura-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Aufruf zur Hilfe f\u00fcr die Opfer des vorweihnachtlichen Unwetters in Ventura County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20164 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vccflegacy.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-2-300x263.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-2-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-2-768x672.png 768w, https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-2-14x12.png 14w, https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-2.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ventura County Community Foundation is making an urgent appeal for help on behalf of the residents of Port Hueneme, Oxnard, and Ventura who suffered significant property damage and loss, plus displacement, because of the catastrophic flooding caused by the pre-Christmas thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation says there are many families and individuals who are in desperate need of support to rebuild their lives and homes.<\/p>\n<p>While the SBA is offering low interest loans for those who qualify, many people do not for a variety of reasons and many who do qualify do not have the income to pay back the loan.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, they say FEMA will not help because of what officials say is an archaic rule that requires at least 1200 destroyed structures before they will consider the kind of immediate and comprehensive aid that is needed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20165 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/vccflegacy.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-damage-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-damage-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-damage-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-damage-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/storm-damage-1.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The thunderstorms that struck before Christmas dropped more than three inches of rain in just 45 minutes causing flash flooding that inundated more than 400 homes and damaged or destroyed nearly 650 vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation says many of those who suffered losses and displacement were low income residents and seniors on fixed incomes.<\/p>\n<p>The following is from the Ventura County Community Foundation&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>To contribute, please visit the VCCF website or contact us directly at (805) 330-6976.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how your generous contribution can make a real difference:<\/p>\n<p>Mit Ihrer Spende k\u00f6nnen Sie denjenigen, die durch die \u00dcberschwemmungen alles verloren haben, Soforthilfe leisten, einschlie\u00dflich Lebensmittel, Kleidung und Notunterk\u00fcnfte. Ihre Unterst\u00fctzung wird diesen Familien helfen, in diesen schwierigen Zeiten wieder auf die Beine zu kommen.<\/p>\n<p>Unser Ziel ist es, diesen Bewohnern beim Wiederaufbau ihrer H\u00e4user und ihres Lebens zu helfen. Ihre Spende wird f\u00fcr die Schimmelsanierung und die Wiederherstellung der besch\u00e4digten H\u00e4user verwendet, damit diese Familien wieder ein sicheres und stabiles Zuhause haben.<\/p>\n<p>Die Senioren, die in diesen Gemeinden leben, sind mit unvergleichlichen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Ihre Unterst\u00fctzung wird dazu beitragen, Unterst\u00fctzungsnetze f\u00fcr sie aufzubauen, einschlie\u00dflich des Zugangs zu medizinischer Versorgung, Transportm\u00f6glichkeiten und Beratungsdiensten, um das emotionale Trauma zu bew\u00e4ltigen, das sie erlitten haben.<\/p>\n<p>Mit Ihrem Beitrag werden auch Initiativen unterst\u00fctzt, die darauf abzielen, die Widerstandsf\u00e4higkeit dieser Gemeinschaften gegen\u00fcber k\u00fcnftigen Katastrophen zu st\u00e4rken. Wir werden gemeinsam an der Umsetzung von Ma\u00dfnahmen arbeiten, die das Risiko einer erneuten Verw\u00fcstung verringern.<\/p>\n<p>Your support can truly make a significant impact on the lives of those who have been most severely affected. No donation is too small, and every dollar brings us one step closer to rebuilding our community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/kvta.com\/news\/plea-for-help-for-victims-of-pre-christmas-thunderstorm-in-ventura-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This article was originally published by KVTA.<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Ventura County Community Foundation bittet dringend um Hilfe f\u00fcr die Bewohner von Port Hueneme, Oxnard und Ventura, die erhebliche Sachsch\u00e4den und Verluste erlitten haben, sowie...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-coverage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}