Hurricane Matthew Cleanup Assistance by Civil Air Patrol in North Carolina

United States
October 13, 2016 9:55am CST
North Carolina received the worst of the flooding from Hurricane Matthew. One of the more interesting stories is how the the Civil Air Patrol assists in emergencies like these. It's an organization affiliated with the Air Force. CAP units from Maryland, Florida and Tennessee have all come in to assist the local chapters in this massive disaster in North Carolina. My daughter, Shelly, her husband Michael and their daughter Kyra are long time members of CAP and are currently assisting in the clean up. They have been activated to UNC at Pembroke where their son actually goes to college and will be assisting the National Guard. They are still rescuing people from rooftops in that area.
Maj. Donald Ells had heard reports of flooding around Nichols, S.C.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254948)
• United States
13 Oct 16
What a job they have to do. That is awesome to be able to help!
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Oct 16
They are called upon occasionally by the community for things like search and rescue as well, Emergencies need well trained people to volunteer.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254948)
• United States
13 Oct 16
@Jeanniemaries If I was in a predicament, I'd also prefer well trained people!
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Oct 16
@DianneN My granddaughter was Cadet of the Year last year in her wing. She not only goes to weekly meetings but several training camps during the year. Their family is very service oriented.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502914)
• Italy
13 Oct 16
It's great that organizations like this exist to help when major disaster strike.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Oct 16
They are well trained volunteers. It's an excellent organization.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56355)
• Canada
13 Oct 16
We need these professional volunteers, they fill such a void during such tiring times.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
15 Oct 16
It's great for the kids to be able to assist. They love it.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54744)
• United States
20 Oct 16
My dad was in the Air Force and they worked with the Civil Air Patrol.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
20 Oct 16
How cool!! They really are a wonderful service team.
Xavier Bage
@franxav (14597)
• India
13 Oct 16
It must be a huge job cleaning after the hurricane.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Oct 16
As volunteers they do what they can.
Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17038)
• United States
13 Oct 16
Thank you, your family, for helping us. Where we are in western NC, we are okay but about 150 mile east are the ones who are suffering. Haven't seen that much devastation in a while from a storm.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Oct 16
Thanks so much. They live in Fayetteville. The flooding was really amazing.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17038)
• United States
13 Oct 16
@Jeanniemaries Saw some of the flooding on the news. Heartbreaking to see so many suffering loss.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Oct 16
@Dena91 Yes it is. Life can turn on a dime. This was totally unexpected so they were not prepared.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
13 Oct 16
It is wonderful to have an organization like this one to help out when disaster strikes.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
13 Oct 16
yes,I am very aware of the CAP.I have know a few that enlisted in this.There is all kind of help out there. Even the national guard will step in.If needed
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Oct 16
It seems to be a little known organization but I often run into people who are aware of what they do. My granddaugter was Cadet of the Year last year in her wing.