The Upstate chapter of the American Red Cross deployed volunteers to the state to help.
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Tennessee is known for its volunteer spirit, and perhaps one of the best examples of that can be seen in Red Cross volunteers and employees. Johnston, who has only been volunteering for a little more than a year, said he is prepared to face the sites in Louisiana.
People in Louisiana have started a Facebook Group as a way to make sure supplies and rescue teams are going to people in need.
Chapman would know. This is his 50th deployment with the Red Cross. “You can’t get to that information to even try to recover.and your neighbor is the same way”. “Roads are closed. Bridges are out”, said Chapman.
“I used to live in Lafayette so I have a lot of friends down in the Lafayette and Baton Rouge area that were affected by the flood”, said Holland”. Heavy rain in the area poured close to 2 feet over a 48-hour period. “They woke up at 6:30 this morning to water inside their house”, said Sherwood. The group from East Tennessee will mostly be working in shelters to ensure displaced people have adequate housing.
Baton Rouge resident Linda Sivils told CBS 6 via Skype, “It’s probably one of the most frightening things I’ve ever been through”. More will head west in the coming days.
To find more information on how you can help or donate, visit the Alabama Red Cross website. They’ll spend two weeks in Louisiana. “And someday folks from down there may come help us if it’s needed”.
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She says, “They’ve been showing on the television what a awful time they’ve been having and apparently the rain is ongoing, and it’s making it hard, and people are having to be rescued and taken from their homes”.
