with the american red cross, charlie english, to give us updates on the efforts underway. thank you. we certainly appreciate your leadership and your inclusive ps of our faith based and private partners on the team. thank you very much for that. the red cross and other private nonprofits continue to stage resources in the atlantic area. just like to settle a little expectations that the public has not experienced staying in a shelter in the past. you will be safe, but conditions are spartan. we ask you to bring your toothbrush, your pillow, other comfort items with you, and we ll keep you safe until the storm passes. and then post land fall and post impact, it will be a more comfortable situation for you. we would also like to take the opportunity to say that this
thank you. we certainly appreciate your leadership and your inclusiveness of our faith-based and private nonprofit partners on the team. so thank you very much for that. the red cross and other private nonprofits continue to pre-stage resources in the theater of operations in the atlantic area. just like to settle a little expectations. if the public has not experienced staying in a shelter in the past, you will be safe but conditions are spartan so we would ask you to bring your toothbrush, your pillow, other comfort items with you and we ll keep you safe until the storm passes. and then post landfall and post impact it will be a more comfortable situation for you. would also like to take the opportunity to say that this storm is a significant event. our resources will be stretched. if you are fortunate enough not to be impacted, we would like
comfort items with you. and we ll keep you safe until the storm passes. and then post landfall and post impact, it will be a more comfortable situation for you. i d also like to take the opportunity to say that this storm is a significant event. our resources will be stretched. if you re fortunate enough not to be impacted, we would like to have you consider being a volunteer. you can do that at redcross.org or any of the other fine agencies that you choose to volunteer with. thank you. and, folks, one of the most powerful arms of the whole community is the nongovernmental organizations like the red cross and here, again, when this storm passes, this is about neighbor helping neighbor all the way up to the federal government. if you re looking to get involved and you re not in the carolinas but you re looking to get involved to help out the situation once this thing s
rescues. we have shelter teams that are providing comfort items and as we get people evacuated and get them settled into shelters, and most importantly what we have is uniformed military personnel who love their country, who love their state, and are out there to help their fellow citizens through a very difficult time. and i couldn t be more proud of my texas guardsmen, and i couldn t be more proud of our active duty counterparts and our guard counterparts from other states that are pouring in by the thousands to conduct this vital work. we sincerely appreciate all of you and your guardsmen and the work that you re doing this week and always. we appreciate your time this morning. lieutenant colonel travis walter of the texas national guard. that was incredible. you see the pictures, these are american heroes, the guardsmen, the national guard, the coast guard, the military people have gone in, and the citizens, not just of texas, but from around the country, you know, stephanie, t
alex, thanks for being here. you heard the flag was going to be retired at warriors way and then you decided to do what? we volunteered to buy them a new flag. and they asked if we would fly it over the capitol, but it was too big to fly over the capitol. the flag office said we can t do that. so we managed to contact the house committee on veterans affairs and they said they would hold it over the capitol steps. before that we were escorted to the 9-11 memorial, the pentagon, and we draped it over a table in the 9-11 memorial. so we re giving it some history and it s a great honor to prepare a flag that will hang in warrior s way. of course. so many service members here with hands on it. dhl members, what a partnership. dhl getting comfort items and reminders of home to those serving our nation with hearted. you are going to take this flag and do what with it today? we ve been partnering now for