Katrina Blog Relief Day 9/1/05

For individuals with a web log, NZ Bear has a page set up to join in for Katrina Blog Relief Day on 9/1/05 - focused on raising support and funds for legitimate charities helping in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Check it out.

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[farmgirl]

this report might make some of you feel better: I ordered 50 hamburgers delivered to the civic center for the refugees and took a box of DVD's and games and books and a box of new Tee shirts for kids to sleep in that I had left from a project.

They were going to turn away the clothes til they found they were new..said they overwhelmed with donations..don't even need drinks or food..In marshall each food service company is taking turns feeding them along with the churches.

The 250 in Marshall are going to Longview today to a facility wiht more bathrooms.

There are people there with computers taking their histories and getting them into system for assistance.

Anyway..I went to find out for myself how things were and what the needs are..In marshall no needs for that group.

Now will wait to hear reports from other areas and see if there are needs to be met somewhere else.

[RanchLady]

farmgirl,
Im very proud of you. :)

I am having a very hard time letting the ferosity of this situation 'sink in'. (Pun not intended.)

:o(

I've never been to New Orleans....always wanted to though.

very sad about this.

[lin]

Have they gone under Marshal Law on the coast

[bamaboy]

One of my coworkers had to go to Hattiesburg, MS
on Tuesday. His parents lost the roof on their
home when Katrina hit. He went armed with 75 gallons of gas, 10 gallons of water, and a generator. The good news is that his folks are OK, and their home can be repaired. Not everyone was so lucky.

He told me that everything south of Meridian, MS is
a total wreck. Yeah, just like on the news. To me,
his report of the destruction had more credibility
than a live news report. Homes flattened, buildings
gone, roads demolished, and worse, people missing;
... lots of people missing.

My daily travel as a field engineer takes me all
over the state of Alabama. Today, I was in the
western part of the state, maybe 100 miles north
of the gulf. I saw trees down everywhere, and
talked with folks that still have no power, but
do have their homes. God bless us for being so
lucky. I feel very humbled after seeing and
learning so much today.

So many without homes, so many without anything,
and so many lives lost. We are lucky indeed.

Let's all take a knee tonight, and pray for the
relief of those less fortunate.

bamaboy

[clintcarter]

Bamaboy is there any possibility that an event like this will lead to more local contributors to the power grid? A somewhat more segmented system than we've had?

[Big Daddy]

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