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When disaster strikes, our agencies will always be there to help.
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Lillian Bonsignore, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The Crisis Care Plan Alliance is intended to allow 211 to have corporate and nonprofit relationships ready to go when disaster strikes, augmenting the resources 211 can provide to disaster victims in Los Angeles County.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
And if the inevitable budget disaster strikes in two years, he’ll be gone campaigning in the snows of New Hampshire.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
So if disaster strikes again in the next few weeks, only a partial shutdown would occur.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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Lillian Bonsignore, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The Crisis Care Plan Alliance is intended to allow 211 to have corporate and nonprofit relationships ready to go when disaster strikes, augmenting the resources 211 can provide to disaster victims in Los Angeles County.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
And if the inevitable budget disaster strikes in two years, he’ll be gone campaigning in the snows of New Hampshire.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
So if disaster strikes again in the next few weeks, only a partial shutdown would occur.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Disaster strikes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaster%20strikes. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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