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Red Cross shelter

September 14, 2008. Wilson, North Carolina. Claudia Martinez moved to eastern North Carolina after living through Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Thirteen years and six children later, Claudia did not want to take any chances in her preparation for Hurricane Florence. When she saw that the eye of Florence was forecast to impact her home, she packed up her children and sought refuge at a Red Cross shelter in Wilson, NC. “It’s good here” she states of her stay at the shelter. “We are safe.” Photo by Daniel Cima/American Red Cross