Fast Facts: Severe Weather in Mississippi

May 4, 2010

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the severe weather in Mississippi:


Fast Facts: New Jersey Floods 2010

March 29, 2010

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the New Jersey floods:


Fast Facts: New Jersey Floods 2010

March 24, 2010

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the New Jersey floods:


Southeast Floods: Updated Stats

October 3, 2009

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the Georgia floods:

Shelters opened: 8
Shelter Overnight Stays: 2,553
• Supplies distributed (like Clean up kits): 81,904
Meals served: 33,710
Snacks served: 33,397
Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 21
Mental Health Consultations: 1,886
Health Services Consultations: 1,049
Red Cross workers involved: 751


Southeast Floods: Updated Stats

October 2, 2009

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the Georgia floods:

Shelters opened: 8
Shelter Overnight Stays: 2,377
• Supplies distributed (like Clean up kits): 47,556
Meals served: 29,708
Snacks served: 27,755
Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 21
Mental Health Consultations: 1,364
Health Services Consultations: 884
Red Cross workers involved: 742


Southeast Floods: Updated Stats

September 30, 2009

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the Georgia floods:

Shelters opened: 8
Shelter Overnight Stays: 2,011
• Supplies distributed (like Clean up kits): 44,453
Meals served: 22,165
Snacks served: 19,479
Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 21
Mental Health Consultations: 1,034
Health Services Consultations: 642
Red Cross workers involved: 742


Fast Facts: American Samoa

September 29, 2009

American Samoa

  • The first Polynesians established themselves in what is now American Samoa around 1000 B.C.
  • The seven islands that make up American Samoa are 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii and 1,600 miles northeast of New Zealand.
  • The island of Tutuila is the largest of the group and its capital is Pago Pago (pahn-go pahn-go). The capital of Pago Pago (pahn-go pahn-go) The island houses government offices and most of American Samoa’s industry.  It makes up two-thirds of the total land area of American Samoa and is the home to a majority of the 65,000 people that comprise American Samoan population.
  • The majority of the American Samoans live near the shore, though there are many villages in the interior of Tutuila.  In addition to the American Samoans, the residents of American Samoa include Chinese, Filipinos, Koreans, Papalagi (pah-pah’-lah-ngee) or Europeans and other Caucasians, Tongans, and Western Samoans.
  • April 17, 1900, the chiefs on Tutuila and Aunu’u ceded their islands by treaty to the U.S.  In the 1930s, the naval base built there took on strategic importance when the Japanese began naval actions in the Pacific.

Southeast Floods: Fast Facts as of 9.26.09

September 26, 2009

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the Georgia floods:

Shelters opened: 7
Shelter Overnight Stays: 1,250*
Meals served: 6,105*
Snacks served: 7,266*
Comfort kits distributed: 389
Clean up kits distributed: 767*
Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 21*
Mental Health Consultations: 225*
Health Services Consultations:193*
Red Cross workers involved: 295*


Southeast Floods: Fast Facts as of 9.25.09

September 25, 2009

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the Georgia floods:

Shelters opened: 7
Shelter Overnight Stays: 651
Meals served: 3,611
Snacks served: 6,423
Comfort kits distributed: 389
Clean up kits distributed: 367
Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 7
Mental Health Consultations: 133
Health Services Consultations:168
Red Cross workers involved: 213


Red River Floods: Fast Facts as of 4.3.09

April 3, 2009

The following information shows our total service delivery since the beginning of the Red River floods:

* indicates an adjustment to previously reported number.


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