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UPDATE: Ok, snags in the works that I didn't count on ... NO, LA is pretty much closed off, as I feel it rightfully should be. I'm also glad to hear that the body-counts are probably not going to be what they first anticipated.
I'm not sure what's gonna happen, or if I can be of any assistance at all anywhere at this time for Katrina ...
I'll keep eyes on this and let you know. I've already stocked my car with supplies, just in case.
Again, if I don't use your money, I'll reverse charges from PayPal so that you can donate the monies to those charities for there that DESPERATELY NEED IT ...
Then again, there's more hurricanes coming up .... They may need/require/ask for help in the shelters for the NO people ...
I think there's a good chance I missed the "window of opportunity" here for this one ... Again, I was "playing it safe" which is really the best thing to do; I'm of no help if I become a "casuality" as well.
It's almost good in the sense that if Ophelia hits here then I'll be HERE, at least ...
I'll continue watching the news and the weather; we'll see.
dude, my money is yours for tsi. ...now that I'm not on drugs, wtf do I need the shit for? all I need is love!....I get plenty from my beloved beatles. be just and fear not! do what you think is right for it....come show me how to use the computer! just kidding...*smiles* peace
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well, based on my first hand experience, donate to the red cross if you up not going into LA is there a way you could set-up a link to the red cross on TSi? for donations etc... ours could be one.
Joined: Wed Feb 28 2007, 12:14am
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I'm on that ...
Thing is, with the "canging of the guards" (IE: Mike Brown getting removed) it made it a wole new ballgame up there. (Which is good, I was worried about my well-being, the well-being of the others up there, and NO in general)
I'm thinking now of planning a route where I can be of the most assistance on the shoreline. There's a LOT of towns that are just as devistated that could use help and EMS relief.
I'm looking into alternate places to go, maybe even in the shelters where the evacuees went giving innoculations or something.
All of this happened so SLOW at first, then, when they changed hands with command, it started happening FAST ...
I'm not disappointed about it, actually ... I just wish it had happened about 3 days sooner ... Now, since no one agency is "in command", it's a little tougher to figure out who needs what with my skills ...
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yeah, that's a hot setup for the gulf states... as I stated previously, it would clean the place up nice. Spread some TIDE or ALL detergent beforehand with some crop-dusters, it would work swell I think. But just NO. Seriously, they better have a godDAMNED evacuation plan in ANY event
Well since I really haven't been around here much lately, other than a glance here and there, I just saw this thread. For the record, I don't know why Dave felt like I was going to hate him for going. It's not like I didn't expect that he'd want to go there. Also, for those of you that thought I was upset that he was going to go, I'd like to state that I didn't even know he was definately going. He didn't even tell me, although I suspected as much. He posted about going here and about how angry I would be a few different times, but he hadn't even said anything to me about his plans yet. If I was mad about anything, it would have to be that he posted about it here several times before even speaking to me about it.
Regardless, when Dave finally told me he wanted to go, I didn't have any problem whatsoever. The only time I expressed having a problem with him leaving was when a few days after he told me he was going, a hurricane was headed our direction. If he was planning on leaving then, when they didn't know what was going on with the hurricane headed our direction, well then that just doesn't make much sense to me. I don't have any problem with Dave going and helping people and doing what he feels he needs to do, so long as our home isn't in a vulnerable situation.
Did I need to explain all of that? No, not really. I just didn't want you people to think I hated Dave for going to help people, just because he assumed I would have a problem with it before even talking to me about it. I'm not like that.
love...you know I totally thought about what you said about it would take another hurricane to clean the place up when this news came up.... I was hoping it would hit new orleans this time if it had to hit anywhere, at least we'd be dealing with the same shit, and everyone is outta there now. we'd be dealing with new shit if port aurther got hit. .....janis joplins home town BTW.
