Re: PLEASE HELP!!!
- From: "Renay" <renayspam@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:19:29 -0700
"Texas Max King" <maxking@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:RH9Re.214558$gL1.112674@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I feel I must interrupt your continual
> ego dribble on this so called 'poetry'
> group to focus on a much more serious
> and relevant contemporary issue.
>
> As of this very moment, if you have not
> kept up with current affairs in other parts of the
> USA, there are perhaps as many as a million people
> who have been left homeless in a 24 hour period of
> time. Flood waters from levies that have failed are
> right this very second rising in homes that are already
> under water from the worst hurricane to hit the coastal region
> in recent history. There are people stranded in attics and on
> rooftops clinging to their lives and waiting for rescue.
> Many others have already drowned in their homes or are
> floating in the debris or have been washed out into the
> ocean. Thousands have been stranded
> in the New Orleans superdome for more than two days.
> Some have been evacuated from hospitals, others
> fled there for sanctuary because they were elderly, sick
> or helpless and could not evacuate as others did.
> Many that did evacuate are living in hotels throughout the
> region spending what little they have on shelter and food
> for their families and children. These people cannot return home
> because all the roads are flooded, blocked or entry is restricted.
> They may not be able to return to their homes for days or weeks.
> Some will return to what they considered home only to find
> out that it is no longer there or that it has been completely devastated
> or flooded beyond reconstruction. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands
> who are wandering the streets because their homes are gone
> and now they have nowhere to go. They do not have jobs anymore
> because the businesses are gone. They have little or no food, water,
> clothes or shelter. They spread along the entire coast of Louisiana,
> Mississippi and Alabama and further inland.
> As many warnings as may have been given, many of these people
> had no idea of the devastation or impact a storm of this magnitude
> could or did create. It is not their fault. It was simply nature at
> its' worst. These are many of the same people that gave to
> Hurricane relief in other areas, they gave for Sunami victims,
> they gave for 9-11, they gave to help wildfire or earthquake
> or tornado or flood victims in other parts of our country.
> They need your help and they need your help right now!
> Not tomorrow, not next week, although many will continue to need
> our assistance for a long time to come.
> The Coast Guard, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army
> and the local state National Guard in these states have been
> working constantly for the past two or three days. Many other
> charity organizations and churches have also been helping.
> As of yet we have not seen a national military or naval presence in
> this area. They are not being evacuated quickly enough. People are
> losing their lives and the rescue workers and law enforcement personnel
> that are there are overwhelmed and overworked.
> Please do anything you can to help. Contact your local politicians
> or community organizations and plea with them to send federal
> assistance or initiate community campaigns to donate relief.
> Right now they need more military helicopters and rescue
> personnel to evacuate. They need flat bottom boats to navigate
> the treacherous debris littered and flooded streets to rescue
> those that live in remote flooded areas or parts of flooded New Orleans
> and surrounding parishes. They will soon need fresh water, tents,
> food, medical supplies and health care professionals to help them
> through the physical and mental pain they are experiencing.
> If you have ever been through a major hurricane
> you know the fear it can bring even when you felt you were
> in a secure location. There are few secure locations in 160 mph
> winds, 25 foot ocean surges or 30 foot flood waters.
> Please help! Contact your corporate friends, encourage them to donate
> immediately. Contact your Hollywood and entertainment friends,
> get them to use their fame and fortune clout to relieve these
> Americans in need of our immediate assistance.
> And on a personal note, donate what you can to relief organizations,
> be it a few bucks, blood or your throwaways.
> Feel free to copy this message and send it to other newsgroups,
> agencies, companies or anywhere else you feel it might help these
> people. Please do it immediately. For some it is already too late,
> for others there is still hope.
>
> Poetry is humanity first. Think about today and how you can
> help make others lives better today. If you do that, tomorrow
> will always be brighter.
>
> max
because *I* made those folks live BELOW SEA LEVEL and forced
them not to evacuate when they were TOLD TO GET OUT?
no, I'm not unsympathetic. it just seems that way.
Renay
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