Spring/Summer 2010 Disaster Response
June 25, 2010
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Press Release: Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle Supports Clean-up Effort in Mount Ayr, IA
June 3, 2010
Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle Supports Clean-up Effort in Mount Ayr, IA
DES MOINES, Wednesday, June 02, 2010 – The Central Iowa Chapter of the American Red Cross has sent three volunteers and its Emergency Response Vehicle to support the ongoing clean-up effort after a tornado damaged large farm operations near Mount Ayr, IA on Tuesday June, 1. More than 150 people are working on cleaning up the area after the tornado spread debris and caused damage to buildings and vehicles.
American Red Cross volunteers Bill Kees, Lloyd Graham and Ruth Graham were asked to drive the Emergency Response Vehicle to Mount Ayr to support the volunteer clean-up effort. They are providing water and snacks to the workers who are in the process of cleaning up. The volunteers and Emergency Response Vehicle are scheduled to return tonight. Additionally, Red Cross workers are helping with feeding efforts in two locations.
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 27, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 63
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 9,608
- Clean up kits: 23,715
- Comfort kits: 12,344
- Meals served: 189,867
- Snacks served: 254,754
- Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 113
- Mental Health Consultations: 10,488
- Health Services Consultations: 8,351
- 1-866-GET-INFO calls: 5,253
- Total Red Cross Workers: 4,674 (4,287 volunteers)
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 20, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 63
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 9,023
- Clean up kits: 22,888
- Comfort kits: 12,344
- Meals served: 184,802
- Snacks served: 242,720
- Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 111
- Mental Health Consultations: 8,839
- Health Services Consultations: 7,224
- 1-866-GET-INFO calls: 3,526
- Total Red Cross Workers: 4,698 (4,312 volunteers)
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 17, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 64
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 8,565
- Clean up kits: 21,361
- Comfort kits: 11,962
- Meals served: 171,622
- Snacks served: 200,093
- Mental Health Consultations: 7,524
- Health Services Consultations: 6,616
- 1-866-GET-INFO calls: 2,267
- Total Red Cross Workers: 4,643 (4,257 volunteers)
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 14, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 63
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 7,395
- Clean up kits: 19,106
- Comfort kits: 11,046
- Meals served: 139,975
- Snacks served: 151,520
- Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 117
- Mental Health Consultations: 5,627
- Health Services Consultations: 5,749
- 1-866-GET-INFO calls: 1,722
- Total Red Cross Workers: 3,842 (3,487 volunteers)
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Video: Red Cross Surveys Damage from Oklahoma Tornadoes
May 14, 2010
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Story: Tornado Victim Sees Red Cross in a New Light
May 13, 2010This story was written by Red Cross worker Tamica Smith-Jeuitt.
Tamica Smith-Jeuitt and Robert Lee Woods pictured at University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Lee Woods knows first hand that Red Cross donations are getting to the people who need it, but he admits that he did not always feel this way, “I was probably like a lot of people who say they aren’t giving that money to people, but now I know and it’s been a big help for me and my family,” he said.
The 25-year-old was living in a home with his aunt and uncle prior to the tornado that destroyed their house in Yazoo City, Mississippi. The storm nearly cost Lee his life, and ended his hopes of becoming a firefighter.
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 13, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 61
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 6,882
- Clean up kits: 17,450
- Comfort kits: 10,112
- Meals served: 128,886
- Snacks served: 131,790
- Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 116
- Mental Health Consultations: 5,193
- Health Services Consultations: 5,247
- 1-866-GET-INFO calls: 1,461
- Total Red Cross Workers: 3,597 (3,258 volunteers)
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Press Release: Oklahoma Red Cross Services Update
May 12, 2010
Oklahoma Red Cross Services Update
As the skies are predicted to turn ominous this afternoon across Oklahoma, our Red Cross teams are fanned out across many of the affected areas making sure that residents know about the weather threat. For so many, they have no real structures left, and all of the damaged homes are without power which means they will not be hearing weather warnings.
Additionally, Red Cross disaster mental health workers are talking to these same families about how to cope with today’s weather threat, and how to cope with the trauma of the storms well into the future.
Items distributed today include boxes, shovels, gloves, trash sacks and meals. These items can be found at shelter locations and on ERV traveling through affected neighborhoods. These same Red Cross services are being delivered to damaged areas of Blackwell and Ardmore.
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