several 100 dead in North Carolina & Tennessee from Hurricane Helene-caused flash floods.

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Multicolored Lemur

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This may be the worst natural disaster in the United States since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.

Number one — please help me raise my game one level as far as finding out which charities will get money there quickly and with low overhead.
 
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Multicolored Lemur said:
This may be the worst natural disaster in the United States since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.

Number one — please help be raise my game one level as far as finding out which charities will get money there quickly and with low overhead.
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That is surprising as I thought the advance warning for Hurricanes would've helped prevent that. But it seems that some infrastructure can fail, like dams, and lead to massive damage.

Helene has killed at least 161 people, CBS News confirmed. The storm appears to have inflicted its worst damage in the Carolinas, where officials said more than 113 people have been found dead.

In the devastated city of Asheville, North Carolina, Megan Drye watched as her 7-year-old son Micah and her parents got swept away into the flood. They were stranded on a roof when it collapsed into the water. Megan Drye was rescued.

Helene crashed ashore in Florida's Big Bend area on Thursday night as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane. Helene was the third hurricane to hit that region in the last 13 months.

From there, it quickly moved through Georgia, where Kemp said Saturday it "looks like a bomb went off" after seeing splintered homes and debris-covered highways from the air.

Helene then soaked the Carolinas and Tennessee with torrential rains, sending creeks and rivers over their banks and straining dams.

The National Weather Service on Saturday reported the highest rainfall totals from Helene for each state. As of Saturday morning, the rural northwest North Carolina area of Busick had received the highest overall rainfall, with a staggering 30.78 inches.
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Source: CBS
 
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Multicolored Lemur said:
www.usatoday.com

World Central Kitchen, Hearts with Hands providing food, water in Asheville

Disaster relief organizations have arrived, providing free food and supplies in Asheville. Here's what to know.
www.usatoday.com

World Central Kitchen, maybe. Because I’ve heard about it for a while and haven’t heard anything negative?
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I took a look at them and it looks legit. They've been to some places that need help badly, like Haiti, Ukraine, and most recently, North Carolina. Haven't found anything negative so far.
 
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AgnosticBoy said:
They've been to some places that need help badly, like Haiti, Ukraine, and most recently, North Carolina.
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And also in Gaza where World Central Kitchen had 7 employees who were killed from Israel bombs back in April.

Ouch.

These things happen in war zones. It reminds us how brave people are being each and every time they go into a dangerous situation.

And Israel certainly has a right to defend itself, the same as any other country. I do think the war has gone on for too long, but I may be mistaken about this.
 
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And I’m not saying the group has to be perfect.

Sometimes you get criticized for doing the right thing. And/or for taking risks which need to be taken.
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Yeah, any organization can have some bad apples. But it starts at the top. If the guy at the top has his heart in the right place and is somewhat competent at the least, then overall that's a good company or charity group.

The places that they choose to go speaks volumes by itself.
 
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AgnosticBoy said:
That is surprising as I thought the advance warning for Hurricanes would've helped prevent that.
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But I think there is an additional danger for areas with hills and creek beds which gave a history of flash-flooding.
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Agreed. I think that is a major factor. Reports are that many more are still missing.
 
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But it starts at the top. If the guy at the top has his heart in the right place and is somewhat competent at the least,
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In a good way, I think groups often have an “inside” person and an “outside” person. Someone good at giving speeches. Then someone else good at logistics.

Businesses have this, too.

Someone good at sales, and then someone else strong at the organizational side. And sometimes there can be real creative tension between them. The sales person might say, Hey, I think we might be under-estimating how much the market wants this, for example, beginning the new service even quicker. And the logistics person might say, Hey, that’s going to require a lot more labor availability including people just standing around.

And maybe they work together and find the “sweet spot” in the middle.

Or, not.
 
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