Yesterday I talked to two people who were going to donate to the relief effort but changed their minds after seeing just how lawless it's gotten in NO.
They felt that the money could end up in the hands of some of those looters to help THEM and so won't do it.
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.