Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Hard lesson learned at Red Cross - Yahoo! News

Hard lesson learned at Red Cross - Yahoo! News: "In the torrid temperatures that mark the start of the steamy Mississippi summer, the biggest safety threat to the parched landscape of Jefferson Davis County at the moment is fire.


But on a recent morning under a cloudless blue sky, several dozen people gather to hear Charlie Conerly, the county emergency management coordinator, talk about hurricanes and how this county needs the Red Cross to help it prepare for a new season of storms.

'Were any of you ready when Katrina came?' Conerly asks the room in general. No hands go up. 'That's what I thought,' he says. 'That's why we're here.'"

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