Comfort the hurting, pull the trapped out of the wreckage, administer first aid until help arrives. But if you’re 150 miles away, don’t jump in your pickup with a load of used clothing. Odds are you’ll just be in the way – and could even be mistaken as a looter!
The Salvation Army mobilizes its 3.4 million volunteers in times of disaster – but most have gone through specialized training and are sent where they can be the most effective. The same goes for the millions of volunteers trained by the American Red Cross.The Salvation Army encourages all residents of areas in the storm’s path to stay informed of and heed all warnings and evacuation orders. Disaster response professionals recommend having a three-to-five day supply of food and water for each member of your family as well as flashlights, medication and battery powered radios. Monetary donations are the most critical need as supplies and personnel are mobilized. Donors are encouraged to give online at www.SalvationArmyUSA.org^[1]

Despite Christie’s warnings to evacuate the state to avoid Hurricane Sandy, Langford advised Atlantic City residents to stay and ride out the storm. They are now trapped with no rescue in sight until possibly morning.

“Mayor Langford told them to stay at shelters in the city and now they’re stuck,” Christie said is obvious angry disbelief. “Despite my admonition to evacuate, he gave them comfort, for some reason, to stay. We have a large number of people, we can’t quantify at this point, and at this juncture, there is no other way for us to go in and get them; they’re just going to have to ride out the storm there.”

Gov. Christie said he could not, “in good conscience,” send workers out in dark, dangerous conditions to attempt to rescue peo

A 22-year-old Chicagoan is facing up to seven years in prison on aggravated domestic battery charges for posting a Facebook photo of his daughter bound and gagged, the Chicago Tribune reports^[1]. Andre Curry managed to beat an unlawful restraint charge in court Tuesday, but the judge is still debating the battery charges.

At the trial hearing where he was acquitted of the restraint charge, Curry told Judge Lawrence Flood how the incident unfolded at his home last December. Curry claims he was playing with his 22-month-old daughter when he decided to bind her hands, feet and mouth with blue painters tape as a joke. He then took a picture of her with his camera phone and uploaded it to his Facebook page. The image was complemented by a message saying, “This is wut happens wen my baby hits me back ;).”

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The picture quickly went viral and Curry was cuffed a week later. Cook County prosecutors found the sight no laughing matter, arguing

A kindergarten teacher in Memphis, Tenn., has been suspended without pay for posting indecent comments about her students on her Facebook page, WCM-TV reports^[1].

SEE ALSO: Teen Driver Loses Control Of Vehicle, Kills 2 Homeless People^[2]

“How bout I blasted both of them. The girl in my class hair is nappy almost every day and the boy wears dirty clothes, face nasty and can’t even read. They didn’t bother nobody else when I got through with them,” Rainshaven Elementary School teacher Tameka Gatewood(pictured) posted to her Facebook wall in reference to a fight between two of her students.

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Another post apparently threatens the children’s parents for complaining about her teaching: “If another parent tell me it’s my job to teach their children, it’s gonna be po po time.”

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One even jokingly suggests using guns as a means to solving conflict. “What do you think you’re sup