Ngaphandle kokuba sehlobo, kungenzeka ukuthi uzibonile izindaba futhi uzwile ngazo izikhukhula iLouisiana ehlupheke ngazo e-United States, lapho abantu abangaphezu kwama-80.000 bakhishwe khona kwathi okungenani abantu abayi-13 balahlekelwa yimpilo. Abantu abaningi balahlekelwe yikho konke futhi badinga usizo lwawo wonke umuntu ongafaka isandla. Okwamanje ukulahleka sekulinganiswe ngama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-50, okuyimali ngeshwa ezokhula njengoba izinsuku zihamba. UMongameli uBarack Obama usivumile isimemezelo seNhlekelele enkulu, inhlekelele engokwemvelo ecishe ifane naleyo eyadalwa nguSandy eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule.
Abafana baseCupertino, ngubani bahlala bezama ukusebenzisana kulolu hlobo lwenhlekelele yemvelo, njengoba kwenzeka ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ezikhukhuleni zaseChina ezidale inani elikhulu lokufa, lenze ukuthi kutholakale kunoma yimuphi umsebenzisi waseMelika ofuna bamba iqhaza ekhasini eliku-iTunes okuhloswe ngalo ukuqoqa imali yeRed Cross. Iminikelo abasebenzisi be-iTunes abangayinikeza ngama-dollar ayisi-5, 10, 25, 50, 100 no-200 kanti itholakala e-United States kuphela.
Yonke iminikelo abasebenzisi abafuna ukuyenza, kuzofanele baphikisane nekhadi lesikweletu elihambisanayo ngoba isikweletu se-iTunes asikwazi ukusetshenziswa ukukwenza. Ngesikhathi sokugcina i-Apple inika amandla lolu hlelo lokunikela lweRed Cross lwalusemlilweni ngoMeyi odlule e-Alberta, eCanada.
I-Apple ibe ngumlingani obalulekile weRed Cross, ngoba ikuvumela ukuthi uqoqe imali ngokushesha ngendlela elula neshesha, ngaphandle kokuthi uye ebhange ukuyokwenza idiphozi noma ukwenze ngewebhusayithi yebhange lethu. Ngenxa yalolu hlelo, noma imuphi umsebenzisi, noma ngabe ukuphi, angasebenzisana ngokuzithandela ukusiza labo abathinteka kakhulu.
