Moving out
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pecuniumMaia and I are going on a Charity Ride in the hills above Berkeley. So I'll be, semi-blissfully, out of the loop until Monday.
Her mother's cell has roaming, and I am giving that number to the NCO who would be co-ordinating aid to Kartrina victims (which is, sadly, more than just those folks in New Orleans. The whole Gulf Coast took a beating), so there is the possibility I won't be around for a good long while.
If I get the call, and I get the time, I'll let people know I'm on my way. if you don't hear from me soon, well you know where I am.
In the meanwhile, though I know you've heard it elsewhere, if you've got money to spare, send some to a relief agency. The Red Cross (try a local office, New York is also a good one) Noah's Wish (pets need help too) or whatever charity you favor.
The entire city is evacuated. It will be weeks, if not months, before they can go back.
The City of New Orleans had a population of 485,000 people. They have no jobs, no homes, no way to support themselves. Those who are in hotels right now, won't be able to stay in them. They are going to need help, and not just for the week, but probably for months.
Sports stadiums are not going to be enough.
Winter is coming.
Her mother's cell has roaming, and I am giving that number to the NCO who would be co-ordinating aid to Kartrina victims (which is, sadly, more than just those folks in New Orleans. The whole Gulf Coast took a beating), so there is the possibility I won't be around for a good long while.
If I get the call, and I get the time, I'll let people know I'm on my way. if you don't hear from me soon, well you know where I am.
In the meanwhile, though I know you've heard it elsewhere, if you've got money to spare, send some to a relief agency. The Red Cross (try a local office, New York is also a good one) Noah's Wish (pets need help too) or whatever charity you favor.
The entire city is evacuated. It will be weeks, if not months, before they can go back.
The City of New Orleans had a population of 485,000 people. They have no jobs, no homes, no way to support themselves. Those who are in hotels right now, won't be able to stay in them. They are going to need help, and not just for the week, but probably for months.
Sports stadiums are not going to be enough.
Winter is coming.
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Re: I'm not meaning to stir here just actually curious..
Date: 2005-08-31 11:16 pm (UTC)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082901445.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
And:
http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002331.html
FEMA was also affected by W's appointing inexperienced political cronies instead of experienced disaster management professionals, thereby undoing the good reform work Clinton did.
And Federal spending for the Army Corps of Engineer flood control programs got chopped. Much of the funds that should have gone to New Orleans went (wait for it...) to Iraq.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051313
And thousands of National Guardspeople are in Iraq instead of being able to help out at home.
Wikipedia has a great entry on Katrina in general:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina