Posted on September 19, 2005
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Well, things aren’t quite back to normal — there are still a few thousand people living their daily lives in a shelter not far from here and they still need a hand. Worse, still, they are likely to continue living there for another seven or eight weeks. many, many more are continuing their daily lives living in shelters across the nation.
The latest figures showing how much Americans have donated to help their fellow Americans is staggering: over $858 million dollars. And every dollar matters.
As bad as this situation is for many, many people along the gulf coast, it serves as an example of how most people are decent and caring to one another. The news media — as is their bent — continues to focus mainly on the negative aspects of things, but where the rubber meets the road, it’s still one person extending a hand to another without any other reason than to be able to help another person who needs it.
As I told my friend Jim Sisti on the phone this morning, my faith is humanity is greater today then it was three weeks ago.
Posted on September 10, 2005
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Well, since it’s been a few days since my last post, I thought a quick update was in order. Things have been — busy.
So far, private donations of Katrina hurricane relief efforts have topped $700,000,000 . This tells me a couple of things. First, my belief in the basic kindness and decency of most people is not misplaced. Second, cries of racism from someone I consider to be one of the most racist human beings on the planet (Jesse Jackson) are not born out in those numbers or in the stories I’ve heard and read. People aren’t helping black or white people; they are helping people.
The floodwaters in New Orleans are dropping faster than publicly anticipated. This is due to a few things mainsream media don’t seem to mention: good weather promotes evaporation; some of that water will drain through the soil itself; more pumps are online; deliberate breaks in the flood wall and levee system are draining.
Plans are being made to open the French Quarter within 90 days. All of New Orleans is not under water. In fact, not all of New Orleans was ever flooded; just most of it. For better or worse, Mardi Gras is planned for the end of February.
Slowly, but surely, things are coming back online.
Finally, if you haven’t yet given, would you please give something to The American Red Cross? Trust me — it matters.
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Posted on September 2, 2005
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Posted on September 2, 2005
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N.Z. Bear announced that the success of getting blogs to participate in the Katrina Blog Relief Day led to a decision to extend it to Blog Relief Weekend. More details in my post just below this one.
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Posted on September 1, 2005
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Hugh Hewitt, Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) and aN.Z. Bear (Truth Laid Bear)are spearheading a blogburst — a Hurricane Katrina Relief Day Fundraiser — today, September 1, 2005, to help people devastated by hurricane Katrina. I am participating and, if you have a blog, would you do so too? Sign up at Truth Laid Bear. Glenn has a list of suggested charities here.
I am recommending you donate funds to The American Red Cross. I have seen with my own eyes how important and effective the Red Cross is in helping people; they are in town this week tending to evacuees.
Please check with your company; many will match your contribution dollar for dollar.
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