re: Houston Councilman, "I beg you not to send the Red Cross a penny. They are inept"

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They're a good example of how organizations with large bureaucracies will be completely and totally ineffective.

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Visited a lot of shelters?

The Red Cross IS a giant bureaucracy. They are also THE organization responsible for shelters.

So you will find small organizations with better shelters. But you will also find other organizations with crappy shelters. And most important, you can't particularly count on organizations to set up a shelter at all.