Salvation army is all around. As are the churches.
The focus is on the nightmare scene in NO. But you all would be heartened by seeing what I am seeing in BR. Incredible generosity, really. The Churches are so organized and there. There is an open heartedness that just dwarfs the thugs in NO.
Judging humanity by those thugs is very short sighted. And the refugees here, interviewed by local tv, are grateful and thanking God they are alive and thanking those bringing things to them.
Judging this scene is like looking at the high security bloc at a prison and thinking that it is representative of AMerica.
Thank you for that report. We all needed to hear that, everything else looks so, so bad.
Good point, cajungirl.
My heartrate is up listening to these updates about the fire...
I'm so glad that there are organized and effective efforts going on in BR, cajungirl. I imagine BR has received and helped many refugees . . . I wish they would report something about that and how other LA cities are helping.
I guess they are focusing on NO because that is the *worst* situation. I have seen coverage of MS and AL, but not nearly as much as in NO.