Anheuser-Busch Halts Beer Production To Send Emergency Drinking Water To Hurricane Harvey Victims

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Anheuser-Busch — brewer of Budweiser, Michelob, Rolling Rock, and other popular beers — is delivering over 155,000 cans of emergency drinking water to communities along the Gulf Coast. One truckload from a Cartersville, Georgia, location has already been received by the American Red Cross in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Two additional truckloads will be sent in coming days to a Red Cross facility in Arlington, Texas.

The Cartersville brewery halts beer production periodically throughout the year to prepare canned drinking water for emergency situations. "Since 1988 we have donated an excess of 76 million cans of clean drinking water," Bill Bradley, Anheuser-Busch's vice president of community affairs, told Today. "The Cartersville location is our designated brewery for the emergency water program — it's something we're very proud of."

In 2016, Anheuser-Busch provided canned drinking water to those affected by the California wildfires, the Louisiana floods, and Hurricane Matthew. The beer giant has three facilities in Houston with a total of 1,100 employees,who, the company says, are all safe. If you want to be better prepared for emergency situations, stock up on these 17 healthy foods.