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Sandy likely biggest US relief effort since 2005

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WASHINGTON –  Widespread destruction from Superstorm Sandy will likely make this the largest U.S. relief effort for the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and other groups since Hurricane Katrina's devastation in 2005. By Friday, the Red Cross had raised $117 million in donations and pledges for relief work across 10 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The Salvation Army had raised $5 million online and by phone. Red Cross Senior Vice President Roger Lowe said it would likely be the charity's largest U.S. effort since Katrina, outpacing Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and wildfires in California. Salvation Army Major Darryl Leedom said the population density of the Northeast may require a response that surpasses Katrina in the number of people served and resources required. The initial Red Cross response was paid for out of an annual disaster giving program, and fundraising will replenish those funds to sustain the effort.

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Lowe

Overall Sentiment: -0.17006

Relevance: 0.384701

Sentiment	Quote
-0.405213	"Like every disaster, we want to get as much as we can to as many people as fast as we can," Lowe said. ...
-0.405213	"Like every disaster, we want to get as much as we can to as many people as fast as we can," Lowe said. "That's what we've been doing."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.810426 Mean: -0.405213 Standard Deviation: 0

Evan Hickman

Overall Sentiment: 0.415099

Relevance: 0.28291

Sentiment	Quote
0	"It's going to be a long, long term of recovery," Hickman said. ...
-0.22964	"It's going to be a long, long term of recovery," Hickman said. "It's time for people just to really dig deep and maybe make a Christmas gift come a little bit early and pick up their cellphone and text us or send us a check. Now is the time to do that."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.22964 Mean: -0.11482 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Major George Hood

Overall Sentiment: 0.164798

Relevance: 0.275751

Sentiment	Quote
0	"For the demand for service and the level of service that still is going to be provided, (donations) don't come anywhere near close to what we will actually spend," said Major George Hood ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: 0 Mean: 0 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Sandy

Overall Sentiment: -0.0127672

Relevance: 0.249017

Darryl Leedom

Overall Sentiment: 0.367735

Relevance: 0.214691

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NaturalDisaster: Hurricane Katrina

Overall Sentiment: -0.0106769

Relevance: 0.363239

Disambiguation: TropicalCycloneReferences:

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• Hurricane Katrina: opencyc
• Hurricane Katrina: yago

Technology: STORM

Overall Sentiment: 0.339254

Relevance: 0.338855

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