The ARC is housing over 5000 persons in 50 emergency shelters in North Carolina. The ARC has served about 47,500 meals to evacuees and emergency workers. Georgetown and Horry Councils on Aging have made contact with local emergency management offices to coordinate assistance with transportation of special needs populations. The Salvation Army has moved 21 mobile feeding units into North and South Carolina staging areas. Officials from the Virgin Islands' Department of Human Services have not reached a decision regarding a request to implement the Disaster Food Stamp Program.
Information gathering continues.
FCS continues to work with State agencies and other Federal agencies to gather information that will enable a prompt food assistance response to the disaster victims. The North Carolina State Donations Coordinator and the voluntary agency community continue to collaborate in the task of identifying warehouse space and a site for a Donations Resource Staging Area. Pat O'Bannon is the Incident Commander. The Veterans Administration's Office of Emergency Medical Preparedness EOC in Martinsburg, WV, is staffed for 24 hour operations. Region IV and III have been in daily communication.