GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – For many volunteers at the Northeast Wisconsin American Red Cross they’ll be moving from one hurricane to another.
The relief effort is still ongoing in the Carolina’s following the devastation of Hurricane Florence, but some local Red Cross volunteers may be staying longer.
“Those ninety volunteers that are still there with [Hurricane] Florence, some of those may, in fact, move over and help out with Hurricane Michael,” says Steve Hansen, the executive director of American Red Cross of Northeast Wisconsin.
He says this terrible stretch of storms, unfortunately, seems familiar.
“This is looking very similar to what we experienced last fall, of course, with Harvey, Maria, and Irma,” he explains. “During that time period, we sent over 300 volunteers from Wisconsin.”
Not everyone has to be on-site to lend a hand, though. Hansen says non-trained volunteers can play an important role in the disaster relief effort.
“Definitely financial donations are the best way that people can help out if they are not a trained-up Red Cross volunteer,” explains Hansen.
For those interested in helping, it’s as easy as heading online.
“RedCross.org is sort of a one-stop-shop,” he says. “An individual can make a monitory contribution there, they can also sign up to volunteer.”
Hurricane Michael is the strongest storm to hit Florida in 80 years.
It’s the third-most powerful hurricane to ever hit the continental United States and two deaths have been attributed to the storm.
