Conference 7.286::digital

1220.0. "Digital and floods in Chihuahua, Mexico" by CVG::THOMPSON (Aut vincere aut mori) Sat Oct 06 1990 00:29

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   The following story is based on a series of inter-office memos sent through 
   the network describing the Chihuahua disaster.

           Digital employees victims of Chihuahua, Mexico, flooding 

   Digital manufacturing employees in Chihuahua, Mexico, are picking up the 
   pieces of their lives as the result of flooding.  According to company 
   officials, of the 287 employees at the Chihuahua facility, three lost their 
   homes and six lost almost everything.  No employees were killed or 
   seriously injured.

   Nearly 70 percent of the facility's direct labor/clerks/warehousers live 
   in the areas affected by the flooding.  Digital manufactures power supplies 
   for low-end and mid-range systems at this site.

   Chihuahua, a city in northwestern Mexico, has suffered from heavy rains for 
   the last couple of months.  The rains began to take their toll on Sept. 22 
   when several earthen dams broke, isolating the city.

   On the following day, Digital plant management began using radio 
   announcements to encourage employees who needed help to call the plant.  
   Within a day, a temporary shelter complete with hot food was set up; and 
   clothes, food and water were being distributed to needy employees.

   Those employees not affected were asked to bring food stuffs, clothes and 
   medicine to work on Monday.

   Efforts are on-going at various Digital sites throughout the Southwest in 
   the U.S. and the Greater Maynard Area to send donations of much needed 
   supplies.

   More information on the status of employees and the impact of the 
   devastation will be communicated as the story unfolds.