The RWHP is one of a handful of nonprofits in Florida and beyond filling gaps in government disaster relief, with systems to check on people, distribute food, and help navigate FEMA applications.
Many of the people receiving the texts lived in mobile homes, which are particularly unsafe places to be during a hurricane. And not all of those people knew they needed to go.
For many people in this population-especially those who might be undocumented...and who may fear going to government-run shelters-it's all they have.
Given that the number of billion-dollar-plus disasters are on the rise, the U.S. is going to confront these same problems over and over again.
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