Where is the Red Cross set up? The only place I've seen them is at the Astro Dome, where they are asking people to donate DVDs for the children. I've seen reports of them giving food to the Southern Baptist to prepare and then the RC kindly serves it, but I'm not sure this is the same place. I'm just wondering where else they are.
I'm awaiting a call to go down to the New Orleans area and assist with the Southern Baptist's relief effort. They will be providing 300,000 meals per day by Saturday. They're working under the Red Cross... and the Red Cross told them to be ready to ramp it up to over 500,000.
Fast Facts
(As of 11:00 a.m., Sept 1)
Red Cross Mass Care:
Shelters – 275 American Red Cross shelters are open in 9 states: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida and Georgia, with more on standby.
Evacuees – More than 76,400 evacuees are being sheltered, not including the operation to transition evacuees from the Superdome in New Orleans to the Astrodome in Houston.
Emergency Vehicles – Nearly 94 Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) are now in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, with nearly 90 additional ERVs en route to the affected area, to conduct food distribution. We are working to engage additional vehicles for food distribution to survivors.
Relief Workers – Thousands of Red Cross staff and volunteers across the country and from every part of the organization are working around the clock to serve the public need.
Feeding – The Red Cross is working closely with several partners, including the Southern Baptist Convention, the Adventists and Second Harvest to provide emergency food to survivors and responders. In coordination with the Southern Baptists, preparations are underway to serve nearly 500,000 hot meals each day.
Houston Astrodome Shelter – The Red Cross is supporting government officials in the relocation of more than 23,000 hurricane survivors from the Superdome in New Orleans to the Astrodome in Houston. The organization is mobilizing to provide blankets, cots and food for the evacuees.
Health & Preventative Care – The Red Cross is working with government and health services partners to develop health strategies and preventative measures to help the public and relief workers cope with the serious public health emergency.