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Hurricane Florence prompts volunteer group America's - Cajun Navy to send people to help

Posted: Sep 13th, 2018 - 4:18 am

A volunteer organization called America’s Cajun Navy says it's sending more than 1,000 people to North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia ahead of Hurricane Florence.

“We are a search and rescue organization,” president John Billiot told Fox News, adding that they also have a K-9 team to “look for your loved ones.”

Billiot says America’s Cajun Navy is sending “maybe 12 or 1300” people to the Carolinas and Virginia and “800, almost 900 boats” which come from across the U.S.

“The count goes up almost every 10, 15 minutes,” he explained.

Billiot said the organization completed 35,000 rescues during Hurricane Harvey.

For Florence, the group is focusing on a different figure.

HURRICANE FLORENCE'S PATH: TRACK THE STORM HERE“[The] number we’re worried about: zero,” he said. “We want to see the number zero: zero fatalities, zero injuries. That is our main number.”

Taylor Fontenot, the Texas captain of America’s Cajun Navy, spoke to Fox 26 on Tuesday before heading out.

“First seven days is usually search and rescue,” he explained. “First four or five days is usually human. Last two will be probably focused towards animal.”

Fontenot added, “It all depends on the storm, and then day seven to day ten goes into body recovery.”

But not everyone is hitting the road. Billiot said that “a few hundred” volunteers are staying in Lousiana and Texas in case the storm affects the Gulf Coast.

Billiot says people interested in helping the group can reach out via their Facebook page. Those interested in donating can do so by visiting their website.

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Hurricane Florence prompts volunteer group America's - Cajun Navy to send people to help (Views: 312, 2018-09-13, 4:18 am)
- These are real heroes. - nm (Views: 193, 2018-09-13, 4:20 am)
- ...and real men! I am proud of them. Thanks for the help - everyone. nm (Views: 190, 2018-09-13, 7:16 am)
  - I love, love, love the Cajun Navy! - nm (Views: 153, 2018-09-13, 8:51 am)
  - If anyone wants to help, Mercury One takes bottle water, - cans of soup, etc, and 100% of that (Views: 172, 2018-09-13, 9:13 am)
    - I guess I don't know on this. BBB doesn't - rate them and other (Views: 170, 2018-09-13, 11:02 pm)
      - I can understand that. I've never had a problem with the org. - though. You can choose where your (Views: 159, 2018-09-14, 3:44 am)
    - If anyone needs help and has been affected and need assistance - from Mercury One, the email is (Views: 158, 2018-09-14, 3:46 am)
- Just wondering what makes this a post for the "politics" board - sm (Views: 218, 2018-09-13, 8:36 am)
  - First off, stay safe. Apparently everything - is political now. nm (Views: 156, 2018-09-13, 8:42 am)
  - Why not? Look at some of the other posts below about the - hurricane. Why is good news not (Views: 195, 2018-09-13, 8:48 am)
    - That one was about a political topic of - regulaions. nm (Views: 204, 2018-09-13, 9:23 am)
      - Why read it then? Maybe the rest of us thought it was - interesting? It's a current event. (Views: 210, 2018-09-13, 9:29 am)
        Hey, I didn't ask the question. Somebody - in the path of the hurricane did. (Views: 149, 2018-09-13, 9:41 am)
  - Dems try to politicize everything. - See link. (Views: 214, 2018-09-13, 8:52 am)
    - They have politicized sports, food, the weather and even - death. (Views: 182, 2018-09-13, 8:58 am)
    - Wow, he sounds like a Trump supporter politicizing - 9/11 to me. (Views: 153, 2018-09-13, 11:47 am)
      - Sounds like a page taken right out of Obama and Alinsky's playbook. - sm (Views: 165, 2018-09-13, 2:57 pm)