“Certainly (in) the floods in 2008, people came from all over the country to help us”, he said.
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“Thousands of people in Louisiana have lost everything they own and need our help now”, Brad Kieserman, Red Cross vice president of disaster services operations and logistics, said. Carrie Carlson-Guest the American Red Cross Minnesota Regional Communications Officer, says this is the worst disaster to hit the United States, since superstorm Sandy.
According to media reports, more than 13 people have been drowned and 40,000 homes have been either damaged or washed away by the flood waters. Devastating and widespread flooding in the region has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and more danger could lie ahead as scattered rain and thunderstorms are forecast to continue. “Staffing, public affairs, mental health counselors [and] damage assessment”. “When we have a better feel, we will know whether and how many manufactured housing units to order”. “[We want to extend] a very honest, special thank you to all of our listeners who are helping those who have lost so much”.
Tragic weather events of this magnitude have been occurring more and more often. Along with another Red Cross volunteer, Vich made the two-day, 1,000-mile journey in an emergency vehicle this week.
“When you are the chief executive of the U.S. government, you can’t be everywhere, including places you would like to be”, Johnson said. “A little bit differently than we would during non-hurricane season”.
More volunteers from local chapters are getting ready to go to the flood zones. Kindle says generally speaking, they’re rotated in and out in roughly two-week increments – but that’s not a rigid schedule.
“They get there, they’re just like the rest of us”, Kindle says.
The Red Cross can not accept donations of clothes and other items, but they are in need of cash donations.
That’s because it takes weeks to train new volunteers.
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Disastrous floods have been wreaking havoc over Louisiana since last week. “So many times they extend their stay”.
