Report from the Gulf Coast:
Chris arrived in Montgomery, Alabama yesterday afternoon. He and 30 other volunteers on his flight were all picked up by the Red Cross and transported to a Holiday Inn Express, where they had a good dinner and a good night's sleep.
He has found a Virginian and two South Carolinians with whom he works well, and they are hoping to be kept together as a team. He was originally assigned a Nissan Sentra but acquired a more appropriate Jeep Grand Cherokee through a savvy trade with an SUV-hating volunteer.
He is now in the Red Cross headquarters (an abandoned K-Mart) waiting for deployment instructions which will most likely take him somewhere along the Mississippi or Alabama coast.
"Are you an experienced Red Cross volunteer?"
"No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night."
Posted by Helen
UPDATE: Chris just found out he will be deployed to a 200-person shelter in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
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