Comment on 2014 Tornado: Volunteers, financial donations came in abundance

By Riley Manning Daily Journal Often disaster is measured in resources: number of trees felled, houses destroyed, cases of water, days without power, etc. But last year when the tornado dissipated, the most important – and plentiful – resource was the thousands of volunteers who immediately appeared to help their neighbors. Adam Robison | Buy at photos.djournal.com George Scott of Tupelo volunteers his time by helping remove downed trees at Jeff Monagahn’s home on Ackia Trail on the Wednesday after the tornado. “Everyone wants to do something, so our biggest job was organizing volunteers and making sure they went where was most efficient,” said Patty Tucker, executive director of the Northeast Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross.