Hey all,
I don't know how many of us have relatives, friends, loved ones, etc. in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. I'm sure we've all seen the newsreel footage when we glance at a television, or hear about it on the radio.
We have family in Mississippi who were able to contact us this morning on someone else's cell phone and let us know they are OK, and in tact.
Other people have not been so fortunate obviously. After getting that phone call letting us know they're OK we all breathed a collective sigh of relief. What my cousins described on the phone is a scene right out of hell. I'm sure you've all seen those images on the TV.
I just saw footage about an elderly couple in Louisiana who's car was swamped and washed off the road across from an alligator farm. As the water filled the car they went into shock, and the alligators were basically all around the car at a short distance. Some guy driving down the road saw them and their situation and put his life on the line to get through the gators to them. Say what you want, but that took balls of steel. I'd like to think that I'd be able to rise to the occaision like that and risk life and limb for a complete stranger.
I'm putting a link to the Red Cross here for anyone that is interested in donating. I chose the Red Cross only because I don't know of any other more deserving, or better equipped to mobilize and help. If someone knows of an organization that will use the funds better, please post it up.
I'm taking the funds that I was going to purchase my next five gallon bucket of honey, and some other supplies and donating that to help in whatever small way it can. I urge anyone else who is able, to do the same.
Here's the link:
http://www.redcross.org/
Oskaar
I don't know how many of us have relatives, friends, loved ones, etc. in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. I'm sure we've all seen the newsreel footage when we glance at a television, or hear about it on the radio.
We have family in Mississippi who were able to contact us this morning on someone else's cell phone and let us know they are OK, and in tact.
Other people have not been so fortunate obviously. After getting that phone call letting us know they're OK we all breathed a collective sigh of relief. What my cousins described on the phone is a scene right out of hell. I'm sure you've all seen those images on the TV.
I just saw footage about an elderly couple in Louisiana who's car was swamped and washed off the road across from an alligator farm. As the water filled the car they went into shock, and the alligators were basically all around the car at a short distance. Some guy driving down the road saw them and their situation and put his life on the line to get through the gators to them. Say what you want, but that took balls of steel. I'd like to think that I'd be able to rise to the occaision like that and risk life and limb for a complete stranger.
I'm putting a link to the Red Cross here for anyone that is interested in donating. I chose the Red Cross only because I don't know of any other more deserving, or better equipped to mobilize and help. If someone knows of an organization that will use the funds better, please post it up.
I'm taking the funds that I was going to purchase my next five gallon bucket of honey, and some other supplies and donating that to help in whatever small way it can. I urge anyone else who is able, to do the same.
Here's the link:
http://www.redcross.org/
Oskaar