During the first week of the Asian Tsunami in 2004, United Airlines' Mileage Plus members donated 40 million miles to help humanitarian organizations get support on the ground for the relief efforts.
In any extraordinary catastrophe like this, the first several weeks are just going to involve getting immediate relief on the ground.
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But this is not enough, the aid organisations say, given the need for urgent relief on the ground, and the reluctance of most US banks to process any payment meant for Iran.
In fact, at the time of this writing, AERObridge had coordinated over 40 flights in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy to support relief efforts on the ground.
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Relief organizations are on the ground, providing food and shelter for those displaced from their homes.
This morning, I can report that the first waves of our rescue and relief workers are on the ground and at work.
Many people are still living with relatives on higher ground, or in tents put up by relief organizations, he says.
When the piece of wood finally hit the ground, Ms. Teigen breathed a sigh of relief.
Barofsky, former special inspector general in charge of oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, was there, on the ground, in the trenches.
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In September, the Commerce Department declared the Northeast ground fishery a formal disaster, which raised hopes of economic relief that were later dashed in a trimmed-down relief bill for victims of Superstorm Sandy.
Open to the public, the three-story tomb about 30m under the ground, features elaborate carvings illustrating scenes from Egyptian mythology, including one relief depicting the jackal-headed god, Anubis.
"I think it will come as a great relief to local residents, as we have seen this site really become just a dumping ground and as a magnet for anti-social behaviour, " he added.
But the report also suggests some on-the-ground steps, including getting more mobile fuel facilities, deploying city staffers faster to work with community groups on relief operations and working with companies to extend cellphone towers' backup power.
For example, organizations such as AERObridge and others ensured that companies and entrepreneurs wanting to offer aircraft for relief missions were effectively coordinated with those offering supplies for delivery and the people in need on the ground.
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