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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Thanks! We donated yesterday, to the SA, and Mr. Mew's employer is matching the donations. Folks should check to see if their employers are, too.
YEP.
In the meantime from WWL
Updates as they come in on Katrina
06:11 AM CDT on Friday, September 2, 2005
Tom Planchet
6:10 A.M. - (AP) Texas agreed to triple to 75,000 the number of evacuees being taken in from Louisiana. Houston officials temporarily stopped admitting people to the Astrodome late Thursday after accepting 11,325. Others will be housed in the adjacent Reliant Center, where the Houston Texans play football.
6:08 A.M. - St. Bernard Parish resident who was rescued after three days: "I love Chalmette, but I'm out. I'm not coming back."
6:07 A.M. - Jefferson Parish Emergency Operations Director Walter Maestri: Entergy is considering pulling out its crews trying to bring power back until there is some semblance of order. Entergy says some crew linemen have been shot at.
6:06 A.M. - James Hartman, St. Tammany Parish spokesman: The parish has had few problems with unrest. Some citizens are frustrated, but we've had little looting and mostly a spirit of cooperation.
6:05 A.M. - James Hartman, St. Tammany Parish spokesman: Gas leaks still rampant, needing to be repaired.
6:04 A.M. - Hartman: "We have no fuel. People are coming here and running out of gas."
6:02 A.M. - Hartman: We have taken over a radio station - AM 730, by authority of the parish president and trying to broadcast information to the Northshore.
6:00 A.M. - Hartman: People need to stay away and if they haven't left, they need to get away right now.
5:54 A.M. - (AP) An explosion in New Orleans jolted residents awake early this morning, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over the city where corpses rotted along flooded sidewalks and bands of armed thugs thwarted fitful rescue efforts. The cause of the blasts or the extent of any possible damage is not known.
5:52 A.M. - NEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Baseball and the NBA have each pledged two million dollars to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and the Southeastern Conference is donating one million to disaster relief.
ok - so the mall story and explosion story are two different events. Thanks.
"This is the last day of "normal" as the rest of the country has known it. "
In many ways, this is more of a transformative event than 9-11, IMO.
The sad thing is that I haven't yet seen a media talking head that "gets it" -- They're saying the words, but they still act like they'll be back to "business as usual" in short order.
This catastrophe is much worse than 9/11.
another thing - the other day, the Salvation Army website was a tad slow, but I received donation confirm via email immediately. Could not get through to the Red Cross. Haven't tried Red Cross today.
I just turned to -- then away from -- CNN. Sanjay Gupta is at one of the hospitals pitching in (as he usually does - in addition to his reporting job with CNN, he is a surgeon with Emory Healthcare here in Atlanta; he takes his Hippocratic Oath seriously, if he can help, he will); he was talking to Soledad O'Brian about the snipers who are shooting at doctors and others near the hospital.
She was whining (seems like that's all she can do once she opens her mouth), "If you could get in, why can't the National Guard?" [click!]
I should have known better after Jack Cafferty's foaming-at-the-mouth commentary yesterday afternoon.
Or we could ride bicycles.
So all of them weren't desperadoes after all. Depressing.
sw
I worked offshore out of Venice Louisiana ("the end of the world") with a Cajun welder who lived in Buras. After Camille blew through in '69 he said he was going to strap an oar to the side of his truck and drive north until someone asked him what it was ... that would be his new home.
Our employer is matching up to 1 million in employee donations, but only to the Red Cross. We always give to the SA, so we split our donation and gave to both.
Some more helpful leadership comments /sarcasm off
FROM WWL
Updates as they come in on Katrina
06:21 AM CDT on Friday, September 2, 2005
Tom Planchet
6:20 A.M. - Terry Ebbert, the head of emergency operations for New Orleans. "This is a national disgrace. FEMA has been here three days, yet there is no command and control. We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims, but we can't bail out the city of New Orleans."
I wasn't online at all yesterday. I just kept watching the tube with my jaw hanging open. I saw the FEMA guy on every channel, several times, all day. He was on already again this morning saying FEMA had been getting help to the people at the Convention Center "for days." He said they had been evacuating people there as well. I've been watching television and haven't seen that at all. I had heard or been given the impression that the people at the Convention Center were the rioters. But I saw black and white people helping each other and babies dying for lack of water. What's the deal? They got news crews down there. Can't they get a crate or two of water there?
The Red Cross is in full action mode. If possible, please everyone, try to physically go to your local chapter(s) and offer assistance any way you can. Their phone banks are swamped. Even private citizens should create coordinated efforts in their local school gyms, churchs, empty unused warehouse or commercial space as canteens / first aid locations.
"Psych up" and pass it on. You will energize everyone around you and it will flow like "positive" electricity.
Pass it on - "psych up", be ready, keep the FAITH.
"that would be his new home."
and that's the spirit!
Those of us in the Know on this list saw, discussed and affirmed during the 911 crisis that charitable funds were always wisely invested if provided to the Salvation Army.
It is the opinion of many that the ARC, among others exists for its own benefit and feeds off the emotions of others to obtain contributions, most of which do not go to the affected area.
This is not meant to bash the ARC, but to recognize that like other bureacracies that have become bloated and need to be continually feed, those that get their press releases out there first; the ones that are the most vocal, may actually not be doing the work they proclaim.
They would all be together, untill they can leave for a job elsewhere, or go back to New Orleans..if ever.
sw
We had a similar experience with our donation to tsunami aid, which was why I was so happy to see the SA added to the list of relief agencies for this one. I don't get why employers wouldn't include the SA.
Per Fox
Explosions earlier this morning were an oil storage facility.
OMG
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