Hurricane Charlie - response during election year

[FloridaPat]

Hurricane came through on Friday, August 13. On Friday evening * declared a state of emergency.

"In the largest American Red Cross storm response effort since Hurricane Andrew, the Southeast Service Area of the Red Cross is coordinating a massive response effort focusing initially on providing safety and shelter for the now homeless, as well as food and dry clothing to tens of thousands of people. At the moment, hundreds of trained disaster volunteers are converging on the affected areas, where already some 80 Emergency Response Vehicles are moving though damaged neighborhoods offering food and drink. The Red Cross will also be providing clean-up kits and other relief supplies."

http://www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_3131,00.html

[Birthmark]

1. The response to Charlie sucked up my way.

We weren't hit nearly as hard as those in SW FL, of course, but we had no idea what the hell was going on. No one did. I never saw the Red Cross in my part of the world.