They Have Lost Everything....
Update: craigslist Katrina 2005: - Craigslist.com resources for Katrina survivors and those that want to help. Huge text only website with lots of ways to help.
Update: FirstGov.gov: - GREAT website with information on how to help, who to contact and where to find contact information for those missing and found.
Update: NOLA.com: Times-Picayune Breaking News Weblog: - "People who are planning to return to Louisiana should consider getting tetanus shots first, according to the state health department."
Update: NOLA.com: Times-Picayune Breaking News Weblog: - "Coast guard has rescued four thousand so far ST. LOUIS - More than 4,000 people have been rescued from rooftops, flooded neighborhoods and hospitals throughout the Gulf Coast region since rescue operations began Monday, and joint-agency rescue operations are continuing day and night." Is there somewhere we can support these people? How about letting them know how you feel about them? The Coast Guard has been in Rescue Mode since BEFORE the hurricane hit and has carried on in heroic measure. Here's an email address to send them thanks: The U.S. Coast Guard.
It’s 9:00 am in Las Vegas, NV and by all the news reports I’ve seen, there have been TWO food and water drop-offs to the people at the New Orleans Convention center. Remember, people were told to go to the Superdome and the Convention Center before the hurricane. Last night, I saw the FEMA Director, Mike Brown, say, “We didn’t know until today that their were people there.” I saw him say that with my own eyes!
If I know in Las Vegas, NV, before the hurricane that thousands of people in New Orleans are being evacuated to the NOCC and NOS, is this man living on a different planet with no TV? Let alone other people in management positions that are supposed to be giving him information on what the hell is going on in America? President Bush isn’t watching TV on his ranch?
At this point on Friday, I am speechless concerning the disastrous management of this hellish situation. How can we support the rest of the world and NOT support our own people? We knew a CAT 5 hurricane was going to land on the Gulf Coast 48 hours BEFORE it did. Five days later, this is where we are with the rescue? At least I know now how well FEMA and the Red Cross works. I’m still asking why people are not getting supplies when I can see helicopters dropping sandbags into the canal. I don’t see helicopters dropping water, food and medical supplies into the NO convention Center and the Superdome by Friday morning?
At this point on Friday, I am speechless concerning the disastrous management of this hellish situation. Send money and start researching where to send clothes and hygiene items into LA and TX for the refugees. Please contact the Red Cross and the Salvation Army in your area to see what they need. I’m sure items will be going out the refugees now!
Amanda at clothesknits has an update on her Baton Rouge area.
Update: FirstGov.gov: - GREAT website with information on how to help, who to contact and where to find contact information for those missing and found.
Update: NOLA.com: Times-Picayune Breaking News Weblog: - "People who are planning to return to Louisiana should consider getting tetanus shots first, according to the state health department."
Update: NOLA.com: Times-Picayune Breaking News Weblog: - "Coast guard has rescued four thousand so far ST. LOUIS - More than 4,000 people have been rescued from rooftops, flooded neighborhoods and hospitals throughout the Gulf Coast region since rescue operations began Monday, and joint-agency rescue operations are continuing day and night." Is there somewhere we can support these people? How about letting them know how you feel about them? The Coast Guard has been in Rescue Mode since BEFORE the hurricane hit and has carried on in heroic measure. Here's an email address to send them thanks: The U.S. Coast Guard.
It’s 9:00 am in Las Vegas, NV and by all the news reports I’ve seen, there have been TWO food and water drop-offs to the people at the New Orleans Convention center. Remember, people were told to go to the Superdome and the Convention Center before the hurricane. Last night, I saw the FEMA Director, Mike Brown, say, “We didn’t know until today that their were people there.” I saw him say that with my own eyes!
If I know in Las Vegas, NV, before the hurricane that thousands of people in New Orleans are being evacuated to the NOCC and NOS, is this man living on a different planet with no TV? Let alone other people in management positions that are supposed to be giving him information on what the hell is going on in America? President Bush isn’t watching TV on his ranch?
At this point on Friday, I am speechless concerning the disastrous management of this hellish situation. How can we support the rest of the world and NOT support our own people? We knew a CAT 5 hurricane was going to land on the Gulf Coast 48 hours BEFORE it did. Five days later, this is where we are with the rescue? At least I know now how well FEMA and the Red Cross works. I’m still asking why people are not getting supplies when I can see helicopters dropping sandbags into the canal. I don’t see helicopters dropping water, food and medical supplies into the NO convention Center and the Superdome by Friday morning?
At this point on Friday, I am speechless concerning the disastrous management of this hellish situation. Send money and start researching where to send clothes and hygiene items into LA and TX for the refugees. Please contact the Red Cross and the Salvation Army in your area to see what they need. I’m sure items will be going out the refugees now!
Amanda at clothesknits has an update on her Baton Rouge area.
posted by Soulknitting at
10:03 AM
1 Comments:
They've lost everything, and will have to build again. I hope that there will be some way to get our friends and family some help and healing for their souls as well. For some of them, the shock is just moving into their conciousness, as they've moved from survival to living.
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