Houston mayor asks residents to open their homes and garages (100,000 already in Houston)
'That boy is a hero': Rescue of family is silver lining for city (Biloxi)
Pets stranded by hurricane to get help from Broward
Letters from a FReeper - Americans head out to help family, friends and strangers hurt by Katrina
No cannibalism?
All they want is the bad news so people will keep watching.
How to Help Locally (Houston)
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED*** Harris County Citizen Corps- Astrodome shelter for disaster refugees: Persons wanting to volunteer in direct service to help the Katrina disaster victims who have arrived in Houston should go to the McNee Street parking lot just north of Reliant Stadium, between Kirby and Fannin.. (They should use the “West Entrance”, so called because it is on the west side of Reliant Center). If met by a guard, volunteers should identify themselves as being with Harris County Citizen Corps.Volunteers should come to the 2nd floor of Reliant Center and ask for the volunteer coordinator. About 300-500 volunteers will be needed on the scene at all times around the clock.
Volunteers should be able-bodied individuals who can walk 3 flights of stairs. Shifts last 4 to 8 hours, and standard shift times are as follows:
Shift One: 6a.m. to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Shift Two: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Shift Three: 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Volunteers must be 18 or older. When you check in let them know if there are additional shifts and days you can volunteer. It’s recommended that volunteers wear comfortable shoes, bring a bottle of water, and avoid taking their purses. [More at LINK]
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I grew sick of it about 25 years ago. If it bleeds it leads has always been their mantra, gets the ratings but none from me.
Based on video from inside the Astrodome and a refugee center in Baton Rouge, most of the refugees appear to be black. Most of the volunteers appear to be white.
Racist garbage like Elijah Cummings and Randall Robinson should be ignored.
We had lunch today at a Mexican Restaurant. We finished our meal and I got ready to pay...
The owner came up, said the meal was paid for by a group of people I never met, nor were they around to thank!
Believe me its the small things that count. I almost lost it - over this simple act of kindness!
THE FACT IS, 95% HAD SQUAT BEFORE THE HURRICANE. THEIR LOSSES PROBABLY TOTALLED A FEW HUNDRED OR THOUSAND DOLLARS AT BEST. FEW UNEDUCATED, UNSKILLED, NOT WORKING DEAD BEATS MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO OWN A HOME, DRIVE A CAR (HOW MANY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE A CAR AND COULD NOT LEAVE??? HUNDREDS!). SO, THEIR LOSS IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT MUCH. BUT THEY WILL LITTERALY GET THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF FREE GOODS, SERVICES, MONEY, ETC. EACH WILL COME OUT OF THIS "RICHER" THAN BEFORE THE HURRICANE. BUT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BITCH THEY DID NOT HAVE A SHOWER IN THE DOME. BIG DEAL, THEY PROBABLY HAD ONLY HAD ONE OR TWO BATHS IN THE PAST WEEK ANYWAY BY THE LOOKS OF THEM. THAT IS NOT EXACTLY THEIR SUNDAY GO TO MEETING CLOTHERS YOU SEE THEM IN. FLOPPY BIG T-SHIRTS WITH SAINTS ON THE FRONT OF THEM, AND FLOPPY BIG SHORTS AND SNEAKERS OR FLIP FLOPS. IT IS NOT LIKE THEY LOST A 4 BED ROOM, $500,000 HOME, FOUR CARS, AND 15 NEW SUITS! Alright, rant over. Sarcasm still on.
The media has basically decided to further poison our reputation around the world... And inflame race relations at home.
Don't know what will happen after a major terror attack.
I'm pretty sick of the ones sitting on their behinds and yelling for stuff to come to them. It just makes me sick.
Thank you for posting this- you would think that no one was helping each other out if you listen to the media.
I can't imagine what God is going to do with the reporters when they die. If he sends them to Hell, they will be absoulutely DELIGHTED at the "doom & gloom" reporting opportunities!
Let me modify that headline "I'm sick and tired of the MSM." There much better.
Yeah!!!!! I needed this today!
Thanks, friend.
That's what Fr is for, to spread the good word
Heard head of a group of Baptists...
Been providing 60,000 meals a day since Tuesday.
The MSM covers Katrina news about as good as they cover Iraq news. They can do better, much, much better.
BTTT