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Where's the coordination between private efforts such as this and FEMA? There were 200 hundred fully loaded trucks roaming the south for 9 days that ended up in Memphis, being paid $900/day unable to deliver one thing.Government agencies as usual, don't do anything efficiently, and in a situation this large, neither do private organizations.
Our local Nat'l Guard unit - a transportation company - has boots on the ground...
The son of a friend of mine here in MA. attends a church with links to some town in Mississippi, and he's been taking truckloads of food down there. First time he went, he arrived at the Mississippi church and was met by a mob so hungry, so desperate, that he was afraid to get out of the truck. He ended up calling the fire department and letting them hand out food, clothes, etc.. He said the devastation is heartbreaking, beyond belief. He's made three trips so far. Every week the church here in MA. collects food, clothing, etc., and he drives south.