houston five days before harvey came ashore. and so, she s off on a new life, she decided to stay in dallas for the meantime. red cross is helping her, other agencies, of course, are involved. it s amazing how people remain so resill gent in tient in the such loss. we re going to be with them throughout making sure they have help. one thing we have is a terrific mental health team helping people deal with all the elements of disaster, whether it s for the adults or children. it s a long road to recovery. we re going to be here for that long haul. a lot of people certainly in need of help. dan hallburt with the american red cross. thank you for taking the time with us. when we talk about hurricane irma, that was a hurricane, it s
there are so many resources out there. one of the things the red crossdon does is help people start that plan, start the road to recovery, give them help in finding a way and finding the resources to get them where they can really start to move on. dan, so, you know, there are different levels of people affected, right? there are people who had flood insurance perhaps and, you know, maybe they have the ability to rebuild. there are people who maybe they didn t have flood insurance. may they didn t have a lot of money and now they find themselves in a situation where they lost everything. where w what recourse do people have if they were right on the edge already and the storm pushed through and knocked them back? it s one of the thing that is we see. i met a woman in dallas, texas. she drove up from houston in advance of the storm. luckily she had her car. she just moved from phoenix to
thank you for that report. when you think about how many people have been impacted by the storm throughout the caribbean, florida, the state of georgia, just the beginning states as the storm pushes north. you have to consider the american red cross busy right now. let s bring in a spokesperson with the red cross. dan, good to have you with us. what are the priorities? given the long list of places, people who are in bad shape right now. it s an unprecedented response. we find ourselves in many stages of the disaster. really still just the early stages in florida and further to the north and southeast earn u.s. and in texas it s in the recovery phase. we re trying to help people get back the to their homes. if they don t have homes, try to