[USNBandit]

I would recommend a water purifier as well.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

....water purifier as well.

I hope companies with life sustaining equipment will donate it or sell at cost.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Capital area rescuers head south on hurricane relief mission


By LAUREN FRAYER
Associated Press Writer

Published August 30, 2005

FAIRFAX, Va. -- With hugs from their families--and about 1,000 pounds of gear each--members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team headed south Tuesday to help after Hurricane Katrina.

They left carrying medical supplies, generators and infrared cameras to detect bodies under rubble.

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