re: Red Cross in Shelters of flood areas

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You mean an organization as large as the RC only takes items from trusted vendors to prevent lawsuits.

Surely people see what taking anything from anybody could open them up to lawsuit wise

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I had this discussion with someone earlier - people are complaining that they are turning away food but in this weather, food safety is important. If they serve tainted food, they will be liable and not the donating group. It sucks, but it's a part of our litigious society.

As far as turning away donations, I worked at the Cajundome shelter after Katrina and you wouldn't imagine the junk people dropped off as "donations". We had piles and piles of old junk that we had to dispose of.

Of course local entities are better in the community, but the Red Cross serves a purpose in a catastrophe of this scale. No local church or group can handle this alone.