By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Community Blood Centers in Kansas City and St. Joseph are on standby if blood is needed to help victims of Hurricane Ian, but supplying blood might be difficult. Spokeswoman Chelsey Smith says the blood supply currently is critically low, and the need for donors is urgent. "We were able to provide about 180 blood products to blood centers impacted by Hurricane Ian down in the southeast," Smith tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "We are standing by in the event that they do need additional help, however it's not just our blood center, it's blood centers nationally are reaching out to help them." Smith says the need for blood locally is so urgent, because of a lack of donors that have been coming in, a number that has been dropping the past two years. Smith says when the initial call came out for donors just ahead of Hurricane Ian hitting Florida, the number of donors did jump slightly. "But not nearly enough to continue to su
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