ISiphepho uHarvey ngokungangabazeki siyinkinga enkulu yesifundazwe saseTexas. Iziphathimandla azikwazi ukuhlinzeka ngokwanele ukusiza izisulu zalesi siphepho futhi lukhona usizo oluncane kulezi zimo. I-Apple uqobo noTim Cook oseshayelayo unikele ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezimbili ukusiza abahlukumezekile ngale nhlekelele yemvelo, kepha kuningi okudingekayo.
Iwebhusayithi yakwa-Apple e-United States kusobala ukuthi inesigaba esithile sokwenza iminikelo. NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule lesi siphepho sesigaba 4 senze ukuwa komhlaba futhi kusuka kulowo mzuzu kuqhubeke kwaba yisiphepho esikhulu esigcwala imigwaqo, imigwaqo emikhulu, izakhiwo nokunye.
Ku-tweet umphathi omkhulu wenkampani yeCupertino uqobo, ucele usizo nokusebenzisana kweTexas ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule:
Imithandazo yaseTexas nabo bonke labo abathintekayo #HurricaneHarvey. Sijoyine emzamweni wokusiza ngokunikela: https://t.co/QLBMFOjaDG
- U-Tim Cook (@t_cook)
Akungabazeki ukuthi impendulo evela kubasebenzisi ihlala iyisibonelo futhi kulesi senzakalo kuphela I-iTunes iqoqe inani lamadola ayisigidi. Kuleli nani kumele kungezwe yonke eminye iminikelo evela ezinkampanini nasezinkampanini ezinjenge-Apple uqobo, ebaluleke kakhulu eTexas nalabo abathintwe yile Hurricane Harvey.
I-Apple ivame ukwenza ubudlelwano ne-American Red Cross kulezi zinhlobo zezinhlekelele futhi ngale ndlela ithola iminikelo engadluli ku-Apple, iya ngqo kulabo abathintekayo ngenxa yokusatshalaliswa kweRed Cross uqobo. Bonke abasebenzisi abafuna ukwenza iminikelo yabo: 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 noma ama-dollar ayi-200. Lezi zinhlobo zeminikelo zenziwe zasebenza ngezinye izinhlekelele ezinjengeSiphepho uSandy noma inhlekelele yenuzi yaseFukushima ngo-2011.