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Katrina relief and liability issues

As might be expected, local charities have run into some organizational obstacles. Former Daytona Beach Mayor Bud Asher, for example, has gathered the names of 50 people who have offered their homes to refugees, but doesn’t know of any refugees who need places to stay. Asher cannot turn to the Red Cross, which won’t give […]

As might be expected, local charities have run into some organizational obstacles.

Former Daytona Beach Mayor Bud Asher, for example, has gathered the names of 50 people who have offered their homes to refugees, but doesn’t know of any refugees who need places to stay. Asher cannot turn to the Red Cross, which won’t give out names because of logistical and liability issues, said Hamlin, the local spokesman.

(Jim Haug, “New Orleans family winds up here, out of resources”, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Sep. 6). NOLA Help and the somewhat unorganized Katrina Help Wiki provides one means of breaking through the red tape.

Elsewhere, Anthony Sebok suggests that Hurricane Katrina should cause us to re-evaluate the 9/11 Victims’ Fund.

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