When the plane landed in Indianapolis, it taxied to a staging area where local volunteers began loading supplies into the belly of the plane, onto the seats and into every overhead compartment.
In the western part of the city the federal government and Army and local police forces have two staging areas to gather evacuees and take them to shelters mostly out of state.
The couple, both past captains of Kilkeel Golf Club, were staging a charity barbecue for the local lifeboat in the caravan park they run on Saturday when they found out the good news.
Camp Moshava also provides its facilities to the local volunteer firefighting company and other firefighting companies for the purpose of staging training exercises.