Hurricane relief- next summer

I know that all of us are hoping that there is not another Katrina next hurricane season, but nonetheless, there will be still be several hurricanes that hit the southern coast. Considering I am a high school senior, I wanted to spend the middle part (perhaps end of June through July) of next summer, my last before I start college, in the Deep South helping people recover from loss due to the hurricanes. I came upon this idea because I wanted to do something to help people out, but I think that doing aid work in Southeast Asia or Africa is a little too deep for me, at least for now. Anyways, is this idea feasible? Is there a big enough need for aid workers when there is no storm like Katrina? If it is feasible, would I be able to hop in with the Red Cross or a similar organization and go down with them and work their missions?

Thanks for any answers to my questions- I'm sure they will spawn a few more

 

Not yet- I just got back from going to Washington, D.C. for a week and I was hoping to go into their office in person some time soon. I'm verrrryyy busy with school and I'm going up to Pittsburgh on Freitag but luckily I still have a few months to try to get this all worked out. Thanks for the links, though.