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August 30, 2005
We Can't Undo The Disaster From Katrina
But we can help. Please give generously to the Salvation Army*.
*THS says give your money to The Salvation Army. They are the first people on the scene and they help everybody everywhere without all the bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo of the Red Cross. And she speaks from experience.
These are Americans in need, friends.
Your relatives.
My relatives.
Update: Look at today's Times-Picayune:
page A1/2
page 4/5
page 6/7
page 8
page 12/13
page 14
page 15
page 16/17
page 18
looters on page a19
page a20
Posted by Mr. Bingley at August 30, 2005 09:21 AM
Comments
Ohmigod. This is almost too much to watch, too much to process.
Did y'all watch GMA this morning? Robin Roberts is from the Biloxi area, and she's down there reporting. She was absolutely BAWLING on the air talking about finding her mom's house and all her relatives safe. It was gut-wrenching.
Posted by: Lisa at August 30, 2005 11:01 AM
Still no word from my dad-in-law. However, the wife has put in a request through the Salvation Army and we should hear something soon.
Guys. Guess what? Look to the east.
Posted by: Cullen at August 30, 2005 11:07 AM
Also ... the Sun Herald, Biloxi's newspaper, seems to be down. I can't get the page up at all. If anyone knows different (url: www.sunherald.com) please let me know.
Posted by: Cullen at August 30, 2005 11:19 AM
I was able to get onto the Sun Herald site, Cullen.
But I know many folks are having trouble. My guess is that, much like on Sept 11th, the internet is simply bogging down with all the folks trying to access info, since the MSM are fairly useless at this point.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at August 30, 2005 02:08 PM
Donation made to the Salvation Army.
Cullen -- have you tried a local Amateur Radio operator? The Amateur Radio Emergency Services is up and running, nationwide. That includes radio into the disaster area, and they will do "health and welfare" messages for personal reasons. Not knowing where you live, I can't direct you. But if you have a ham buddy, maybe they can help out.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at August 30, 2005 02:18 PM
Donation made.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at August 30, 2005 02:38 PM
We actually used the Salvation Army to get through to him. Thanks for the info Jeff.
I'm in Albany, GA, same as Wunderkraut.
Where are you? Are you AD? Shoot me an e-mail:
william DOT james AT usmc DOT mil
Posted by: Cullen at August 30, 2005 02:48 PM
E-mail shot!
The Salvation Army probably used their ham support to send the request; the ARRL and Salvation Army routinely work together. No matter -- the important point is that you made contact!
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at August 30, 2005 03:21 PM
I did try to donate to the Mennonites via the link provided by Tim Blair, but it's set up for US and Canada only. Second choice, the Salvos. They piss me off with their excessive self-promotion - well, I think it's excessive - but they're doing good work in a terrible situation and that's what matters.
Posted by: SwinishCapitalist at September 3, 2005 02:32 AM
Thanks Swine (and damn that's fun to write!). It's important to put aside ideological arguments now; what matters is that the SA does roll up there sleeves and jump right in.
A Swill Salute, Sir!
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at September 3, 2005 11:55 AM
Thank you kindly, Mr B.
Posted by: SwinishCapitalist at September 3, 2005 11:00 PM
I second that, Sir Swine!
Posted by: tree hugging sister at September 4, 2005 11:53 AM
Stop it, you guys. You're embarrassing me.
(But it feels nice.)
Posted by: SwinishCapitalist at September 4, 2005 08:45 PM