http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina
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I would ONLY donate (and I already did last week) to the RED CROSS, when I was fighting in former Yugoslavia they were the ONLY organization other than the United Nations that I saw helping out, period!!!
**** RED CROSS RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATERINA-(Red Cross and Red Crescent): Sent more than 80 disaster experts. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies launched the largest mobilisation of resources for a single natural disaster, including the recruitment of 1,900 staff and volunteers. All available resources were moved to safe areas so relief efforts could begin immediately after the storm passed. More than 250 emergency response vehicles (ERVs) and countless other Red Cross resources were sent to provide hot meals, snacks, bottled water and distribute other much-needed relief supplies. The Red Cross opened shelters in support of the massive evacuations in all affected states. As of Monday, 29 August, some 230 Red Cross shelters had been opened in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, housing over 40,000 people. In coordination with the Southern Baptists, preparations have been made to provide more than 500,000 hot meals each day.[55]
