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FORECAST COMING UP. CARLA. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, STEPH. OUR TIME RIGHT NOW IS 6.33. AND AS FLORIDA BRACES FOR MILTON, VOLUNTEERS REMAIN IN AREAS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE HELENE ��������13’S EMMA OWEN JOINS US LIVE FROM THE RED CROSS IN BIRMINGHAM. EMMA, THESE VOLUNTEERS WORKING REALLY HARD TO ASSIST STORM VICTIMS. YEAH. SCOTT AND CARLA, THEY SURE ARE. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 40 VOLUNTEERS FROM THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI REGION. THEIR SUPPLIES, THESE VOLUNTEERS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. NOW THEY’RE IN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND TENNESSEE. DAVID ROURKE WITH THE RED CROSS SAYS THEY’RE VOLUNTEERING IN SHELTERS, HELPING WITH DISASTER ASSESSMENT AND ALSO DELIVERING FOOD TO PEOPLE IN AFFECTED AREAS. NOW, AS FLORIDA PREPARES FOR MILTON TO MAKE LANDFALL, ROURKE SAYS THE RED CROSS IS READY TO STEP IN AND HELP. THEY HAVE MORE TEAM MEMBERS READY TO GO AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS ALREADY IN PLACE. WE HAVE PRE-POSITIONED SUPPLIES STRATEGICALLY BEFORE THESE STORMS EVER HIT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’RE GOING TO RUN INTO AS FAR AS IT’S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE IS GOING TO BE BLOOD. WITH HELENE. WE HAD OVER 100 BLOOD DRIVES CANCELED, BUT THANKFULLY WE’RE IN A POSITION TO WHERE WE CAN THEN SEND BLOOD AHEAD OF TIME FROM OUR OTHER AREAS TO THE IMPACTED REGIONS IN FLORIDA TO MAKE SURE THAT SURGERIES, TRANSFUSIONS AND ACCIDENT VICTIMS CAN GET THE BLOOD PRODUCTS THEY NEED. NOW, IF YOU’D LIKE TO SUPPORT THE RED CROSS MISSION, ROCK SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN STEP IN. YOU JUST HEARD HIM TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING A BLOOD DONATION, HE SAYS. THAT’S REALLY CRUCIAL. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A MONETARY DONATION OR DONATE YOUR TIME BY VOLUNTEERING.