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>> Last year and at the 
shelter, we had

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several hundred people here.

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We'll have meals for 
people when they come in at

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breakfast, lunch, 
and dinner, and just the basics.

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It's just an 
emergency shelter so we have

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some blankets and necessities, 
but it's mainly people --

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there's some list of things 
that people should bring. but

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we'll have the basics here.

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I'm sure are but does not want

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to stay at a shelter, so it's 
not overly comfortable.

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We'll try to do the best we can 
to make it comfortable.

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I think people appreciate it,

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but it's 
just people are going through a

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lot because they don't know 
what's going on at their house,

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and that causes a lot of stress.

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Right now we're setting up cots 
so that the people have a place

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to sleep, we're also bringing in 
different supplies so that we

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can run the shelter, 
there's some food coming in

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without coming later, but we're 
basing this on the basics up so

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that when we open it, 
we'll be ready to go.

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Right now about 50, but we may 
need more, we have more to set

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up but we have about 50 set up 
just to start.

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So we have different shifts that 
people come in, we have shifts

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already set up for at the 
different shelters of different

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department of social services 
staff, and they'll come in and

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run the shelter on different 
shifts,

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sometimes are 24 hours 48 hour 
shifts - just depends.

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They work really hard.

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Last year the issue was it 
took so long for the storm to

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go through and we have a lot of 
people at all the shelters,

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we have.

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Hopefully if it goes through 
quickly we'll be able to

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do the shelter then close it 
down fairly quickly, it really

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just depends on the 
impact of the storm.

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So our staff that mans the 
shelter, like I said, they'll be

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here maybe 24, 48 hours and they 
don't know what's gone at their

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homes either and then 
we also have to

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continue to do our other job

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when we open the 
agency, so there's a lot of

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stress overall for everybody.

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I will be ready, I'm sure 
everybody will be,

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We've be we've been preparing

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over the last several days, 
so everybody will be ready

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when it's time.