I had a very different experience with the Red Cross during the
Guadalupe flood.
I had close friends , an elderly couple, who lived on the Guadalupe in
Seguin. Their home was one of hundreds flooded. The Red Cross quickly
provided basic cleanup and survival supplies to those affected. I
spent the next month down there helping them recover and make their
house habitable again. The R/C provided three meals a day at a
neighbor's double garage that had escaped the flood.This continued for
the next three weeks for all those who were affected by the flood and
those helping out. They fed at least forty people a day during this
time. There were no questions asked or funds requested. No other help
was offered in this particular neighborhood during that time.
Orion Knox
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheryl" <srie...@excite.com>
To: <cave...@cavetex.net>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 6:06 AM
Subject: RE: CaveTex: Hurricane
When the big flood happened on the Guad several years back, the
Salvation Army were the first on the scene handing out coffee,
sandwiches, and water. It was 3 days before anyone saw the Red
Cross.
My father would die before donating to the Red Cross. When he was
in Korea, one of the soldiers had an emergency at home. The Red
Cross got him home, but then he had to reimburse them for the
expenses. :-(
JMHO.
Sheryl
--- On Thu 09/01, Ed Alexander < eda...@realtime.net > wrote:
From: Ed Alexander [mailto: eda...@realtime.net]
To: lovingi...@hotmail.com, cave...@cavetex.net
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:13:23 -0500
Subject: RE: CaveTex: Hurricane
I spent a day on the phone setting it up, getting credentials,
food<br>donations, cavers, etc. We had a great time running around,
looking at high<br>water, and trying to find someone who wanted the
donated food. Everyone<br>seemed to have enough and didn't need
more, so Terry and I lived on it for<br>months after. The Salvation
Army were a great bunch of folk - the Red Cross<br>was there too.
They had canteen trucks and were SELLING coffee and<br>sandwiches to
the survivers.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From:
owner-cave...@cavetex.net
[mailto:owner-cave...@cavetex.net]On<br>Behalf Of Igor
Loving<br>Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:40 PM<br>To:
cave...@cavetex.net<br>Subject: CaveTex: Hurricane<br><br><br>During
Hurricane Beulah the UT Grotto mobilized a large contingent of
cavers<br>with 4x4 vehicles and volunteered to the Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army<br>gave us credentials and we loaded the 4x4's
with food and clothes and headed<br>to Corpus where we
distributed the stuff. The Sallies were great and
their<br>credentials allowed us through the road blocks and so
forth.<br><br><br><br>Charlie Loving<br><br><br><br>To unsubscribe,
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