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Iowa Red Cross volunteers head to Atlanta to help with hurricane

September 15, 1999 By admin

The question of where and how hard Hurricane Floyd will hit the Floridacoast is still swirling in the air, but Iowa American Red Cross Volunteersare on the way to help. Emergency Services Director Lori Glover of theCentral Iowa Red Cross Chapter, says Iowa help is on the road.Two Emergency Response Vehicles from Iowa left this morning to wait inAtlanta, Georgia until they’re need in Florida. Another “ERV” will leavetonite or tomorrow morning for Atlanta. Glover says they’re also nine staffmembers who will head to Atlanta to wait for the storm to hit.Forecasters expect Floyd to move parallel to the Florida coastlinebefore making landfall in Georgia or South Carolina. But, they warn itcould hit anywhere from central Florida northward. More than two-millionpeople in the Southeast have been told to move inland to avoid the storm.

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