Hurricane Charley Mobile Kitchen Deployment August 2004

In response to several hundred thousand individuals and families loosing electrical power in Osceola County due to Hurricane Charley, the Capital Area Chapter was asked to deploy its Mobile Kitchen (MoKi). What follows is a photo expose on the activities of the MoKi and the Disaster Services Volunteers assigned to prepare the thousands of meals that were served.

	The MoKi arrived in the parking lot of the Osceola Mall in Kissimmee on August 15 at 9:30PM and was promptly set up. At 8:00AM on Monday August 16 the MoKi began preparing the tens of thousands of meals that will be served to the victims of Hurricane Charley.
	An important part of the MoKi was the sink / wash area. Here Disaster Services Volunteers had the responsibility of keeping all the cooking equipment clean.
	Trustees from the Osceola County Jail were assigned to worked in the MoKi to open an endless number of cans containing food items such as beef stew, vegetables and fruit cocktail.
	Behind the sink / wash area (right) disaster victims line-up to be served a hot meal.
	A cheerful Diana Day prepares tea.
	Don Mac Lean (foreground) and Oscar Flores (rear) prep 15 gallon pots with the food to be cooked. In this case it was beef stew.
	Thomas Doty stirs vegetables in one of eight (8) 15 gallon cook pots.
	Then its on to stirring eight (8) 15 gallon double boilers loaded with beef stew.
	Trustees from the Osceola County Jail lend a hand with keeping the endless amount of beef stew and vegetables stirred.
	Front view of the MoKi along with ERV # 1074.
	Several disaster victims (foreground), hot meals in hand, head home.
	At any point throughout the day the line of disaster victims needing a hot meal had at least 400 people in it.
	Disaster Services Volunteers (seated on right) serve meals to disaster victims.
	Individuals and families pass through one of two (2) serving lines.
	During the first day of operation 4,973 hot meals were served from the MoKi.
	A serving line was set up under each of the two (2) tents.
	Hot meals in hand, disaster victims head home.

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