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It wasn’t a knock-out punch, but Hurricane Gustav still left the Gulf Coast battered and bruised.
"It could take 6-8 weeks to get the electricity really going, and the people are in despair. They need help," Linda Greene-ISOH/IMPACT.
Linda Greene of ISOH/IMPACT is receiving daily reports from her disaster volunteers down in the Gulf. They paint a grim picture of Gustav’s aftermath.
"The issues are pretty incredible. They have to wait in line for two hours to get gasoline. Some of the people in Baton Rouge are just now getting back into their homes,” Greene.
While some are finally going home, others are bracing for Tropical Storm Hanna. She’s expected to make landfall in the Carolinas, as a hurricane, this weekend. Right behind that, Hurricane Ike, a powerful category four storm.
ISOH/IMPACT is already stretching its thinning donations as far as it can go. The threat of even more storms is prompting another call for more community involvement.
“We still need food. A big issue is food, and you’ve got these other storms coming up. We don’t have enough food, we don’t have enough supplies,” Greene.
Donations are being accepted at ISOH/IMPACT’S disaster relief center located at 905 Farnsworth in Waterville. Tireman’s locations are also accepting hurricane relief supplies for those in need.
