This is a real good way. We had an elderly couple drive into the area from Mississippi with their animals and had no where to go. My home was open and they are there now. My home is not even pet friendly but my husband and I could not be happier that we were able to do this. I checked on them yesterday and you can't even imagine how appreciative they were. It just makes you put some much into perspective. Money helps but any kind of help is going to be appreciated in the times to come.
Sad night in New Orleans
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There are some men from NOLA staying in a neighbor's cottage. I stopped to talk to them as I drove by and it broke my heart to hear what they had to say. One of the guys, a life-long resident of New Orleans broke down in tears. He said that they didn't know what to do--didn't want to go home because there is nothing to go home to.
On the way out of town, the gentleman said that the gas stations would only take credit cards and lots of people only had cash. At the gas pumps, people who didn't have credit cards (mostly poor people) begged those with credit cards to let them put $10 worth of gas on the credit cards in exchange for the cash.
It is very sad.
On the way out of town, the gentleman said that the gas stations would only take credit cards and lots of people only had cash. At the gas pumps, people who didn't have credit cards (mostly poor people) begged those with credit cards to let them put $10 worth of gas on the credit cards in exchange for the cash.
It is very sad.
If you want to offer your homes you can call FEMA and get put on a list. They'll ask several questions about rent amount, pet friendly....hmmmm I can't remember all that they asked. We did it after Ivan.
wintersbk said:These photos are unreal:
That just makes me want to puke. There are a ton of Louisiana license plates in Montgomery. Most of them are cars with piles of stuff strapped to the top. Sad day for those folks.
I have been unable to think about anything but the poor folks in South LA and MS. My heart is just sick. Here's a link to the Red Cross Relief fund:
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp
Coming out of lurkdom to add my feeling of shock and sadness,
While channel surfing the news today I saw a clip of a man who said he had been trying to hold onto his wife and she was telling him to let her go and tend to their children. He hadn't been able to find her, the look on his face and the emotion in his voice broke down the reporter who began wiping her eyes and asking him what his wife's name was. I imagine that same story is widespread of people who have gotten seperated and not knowing what has happened.
Sleep may be hard to come tonight as I imagine I'll think of this man and the hundreds in the same situation. It makes a soul so thankful and humble at the same time.
While channel surfing the news today I saw a clip of a man who said he had been trying to hold onto his wife and she was telling him to let her go and tend to their children. He hadn't been able to find her, the look on his face and the emotion in his voice broke down the reporter who began wiping her eyes and asking him what his wife's name was. I imagine that same story is widespread of people who have gotten seperated and not knowing what has happened.
Sleep may be hard to come tonight as I imagine I'll think of this man and the hundreds in the same situation. It makes a soul so thankful and humble at the same time.
I looked at that photo feeling the same shock as everyone else and thanked my lucky stars that it wasn't my family that was flooded out until I found out tonight that it was. My brother's wife's family all comes from NO. His BIL and SIL have no home. One of the homes with the water up to the rafters is theirs. It's an ordinary home in an ordinary middle-class neighborhood in NO and it is no more. My brother's SIL works as a nurse at the hospital at Tulane and they're surrounded by more than six feet of water and corpses are floating around outside. At least four people are dead tonight at the local Winn-Dixie supermarket because they were looting and then they were shooting. You can't imagine the full brutality of what is happening in NO until you hear it from someone who is there and living through that hell.
Please, everyone, open your hearts and wallets! It's horrible beyond words what those people in LA and Miss. have gone through. And there, but for the grace of God, it could have been us.
Please, everyone, open your hearts and wallets! It's horrible beyond words what those people in LA and Miss. have gone through. And there, but for the grace of God, it could have been us.
I'm wondering what the folks in Hollywood will do this time. I heard that Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio got burned by a promoter in NOLA several months back and are still carrying a grudge, refusing to allow release of recent films there. So many people worry about others around the world. I wonder if they will extend their compassion to people in their own backyard.
WOW!!!! that looks terrible, reminds me of the flood of 93 here in the stl, so very sad........wintersbk said:These photos are unreal: