The scope of this is just so huge. If you took New Orleans out of the equation, Mississippi and Alabama would be a bigger job than we tackled in all four of the storms that hit Florida last year.

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We have a long way to go in our fundraising to meet the needs of people from Katrina, let alone what we need to do for the people of Rita.

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We could wait until we built a system that was big enough to handle the demand or we could launch what we had and build it as we went along. Did we frustrate people? Yes. ... But we were out there and we were providing all that we could do with what we had.

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This is the largest response to a single natural disaster in the 125 years of the American Red Cross, and there's no doubt it will set many records in terms of the length and expanse of the operation.

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They said they thought he might be a burglary suspect.

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Hurricane Katrina is wreaking havoc for southeast Florida and the Gulf coast states. The Red Cross will meet the challenge by doing what we do best-coming together to respond with tireless compassion to take care of our neighbors.

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There are amazing challenges and obstacles.

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