DALLAS (1080 KRLD) - Non-profits and the State of Texas are sending equipment and volunteers to the East Coast as the Southeast prepares for Hurricane Dorian.
Tropical Storm, Hurricane and Storm Surge Warnings run from South Florida, through Georgia and as far north as Charleston, South Carolina.
World Vision has seven warehouses across the country, including one in Grand Prairie.
"We try to think about what they need right away," says the group's Gilbert Young. "For example, right now, they might need inflatable beds. They need food and plates."
World Vision's most recent project in Texas worked with flood victims.
Tuesday morning, Texas Baptist Men left with volunteers and supplies. The group was leaving with a mobile kitchen able to serve 15,000 meals per day, a mobile shower and equipment to allow people to wash clothes.
"They're going to wake up in the morning in Florida and not have any electricity, you don't have any water. Where do you go to eat? You start looking for the people in the yellow shirts," says Texas Baptist Men's Mickey Lenamon.
Last week, Oncor Electric Delivery sent 100 employees and contractors to wait in Tampa to help restore electricity after the hurricane passes.
Texas Task Force 1 sent 45 people to the East Coast along with equipment for swift water rescues.
Governor Greg Abbott says additional manpower and equipment is available to help with evacuations.
