FT Hood Update BLOOD DONORS NEEDED edited to add
the numbers of injured continues to climb slowly as reports come out
there has been an urgent call for blood donors in the Ft Hood/ Texas region.
all domestic bases are on high alert, so no... your friends and family likely CANNOT call you to say they are safe, they are on lock down. mis reported...... apparently the bases are not all on high alert as was earlier reported.. most of them are on *increased* alert, but that varies from base to base.
the current news says the chief shooter was a MAJOR posted at the base?! an army major : Major Malik Nadal Hasan apparently was the gunman. he was killed, EDITED UPDATE: now they say he is alive and in custody. still reporting him as the same name.... two others have been arrested as accomplices? details still shaky.
The Texas blood supply is likely to be drained, and fast. this means an urgent need for donors FIRST in Texas, and then all other regions as available blood supplies are re routed.
if you are an eligible donor PLEASE go make an appt to donate.
if you are not eligible, consider helpng someone else to donate by babysitting, or driving them in.
i am eligible, will be trying to schedule for platelets.
dmn
EDITED TO ADD: details are changing, obviously. at this point they are saying "lone gunman and alive" earlier they said multiple people with the chief shooter dead, BUT bear in mind the earliest reports were from people who themselves only had partial reports from survivors. or who were not authorized to make any reports..... i expect we wont have most of the information firmed up until tomorrow.
what is NOT in doubt: many people are dead.. many more are injured. the area hospitals are suddenly dealing with a large number of gunshot victims. many of these people will need surgery, possibly several surgeries. blood supplies will be critically low in the region as a result.
and please, pray for the entire base and their families.... this is going to be a mess
there has been an urgent call for blood donors in the Ft Hood/ Texas region.
all domestic bases are on high alert, so no... your friends and family likely CANNOT call you to say they are safe, they are on lock down. mis reported...... apparently the bases are not all on high alert as was earlier reported.. most of them are on *increased* alert, but that varies from base to base.
the current news says the chief shooter was a MAJOR posted at the base?! an army major : Major Malik Nadal Hasan apparently was the gunman. he was killed, EDITED UPDATE: now they say he is alive and in custody. still reporting him as the same name.... two others have been arrested as accomplices? details still shaky.
The Texas blood supply is likely to be drained, and fast. this means an urgent need for donors FIRST in Texas, and then all other regions as available blood supplies are re routed.
if you are an eligible donor PLEASE go make an appt to donate.
if you are not eligible, consider helpng someone else to donate by babysitting, or driving them in.
i am eligible, will be trying to schedule for platelets.
dmn
EDITED TO ADD: details are changing, obviously. at this point they are saying "lone gunman and alive" earlier they said multiple people with the chief shooter dead, BUT bear in mind the earliest reports were from people who themselves only had partial reports from survivors. or who were not authorized to make any reports..... i expect we wont have most of the information firmed up until tomorrow.
what is NOT in doubt: many people are dead.. many more are injured. the area hospitals are suddenly dealing with a large number of gunshot victims. many of these people will need surgery, possibly several surgeries. blood supplies will be critically low in the region as a result.
and please, pray for the entire base and their families.... this is going to be a mess