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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

American Red Cross volunteers heading to help along the gulf coast

BALTIMORE (WMAR) - "It's really sad to see the devastation in Texas, I know that they said this could be the worst disaster in that area ever recorded," said Amanda Pasko.

When the Anne Arundel County woman got the email, she says she didn't hesitate. Pasko has been training with the Red Cross for natural disaster relief for about eight months.

"I know that I had the time, and I knew that my work would be very flexible in allowing me to go, so immediately responded,” Pasko said. “We took a 2.5-hour preparation course in addition to all the courses that we took previously to get us ready for this deployment."

Pasko and about 100 other volunteers from the region are traveling more than 1,200 miles to the hardest hit areas of the gulf coast. None of them sure exactly what they will encounter.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bless you

Anonymous said...

Thanks to you all and Godspeed.

Anonymous said...

Trump removed an Obama-era regulation that would require all new federal buildings and infrastructural projects to take into account floods and build in defensive measures. This required them to take into account current flood zones as well as future flood zones. I.e. Hospitals, schools, universities and military installations as well as any houses rebuilt by the government after a natural disaster. This was revoked for "streamlining" purposes.

This was created for the exact events happening in TX right now. THAT is irony.

Anonymous said...

Yes. Remember Katrina.

Anonymous said...

Better wear Bullet proof vests, looters are shooting at rescuers.