Like NOLA all over again
By Libby
While the media was focused on the primaries, the devastation in the mid-south got short shrift in coverage and it's a real disaster out there. Monkeyfister is on the scene and has been liveblogging the storms along with the horrible after-effects and has issued a call for help.
[cross-posted to The Reaction]
While the media was focused on the primaries, the devastation in the mid-south got short shrift in coverage and it's a real disaster out there. Monkeyfister is on the scene and has been liveblogging the storms along with the horrible after-effects and has issued a call for help.
A small-blog swarm on that post would be greatly appreciated by more people than just me. I can't describe how wide-spread the damage is down here. It's enormous. The Media, per usual, is only just now waking up to the situation, after their Super-Duper-Let's-All-Wet-Our-Pants-Together- Tuesday Political Hangover. Like NOLA, these are REALLY poor folks down here, and have nothing, and nowhere to go.He also has practical suggestions for what we can do to aid our fellow Americans in their time of need.
A short post about this at YOUR Blog, linking either to my post, above, or directly to the two Orgs mentioned in the post above, would sure be a big help, and would be greatly appreciated by many people who are relying on help. They are all that we have right now.
Right now, I recommend the:At least 52 people are dead and as you can see in the photos, untold thousands that survived have lost everything. Please do what you can to help and check in with Monkeyfister for regular updates.
American Red Cross
Mid-South Chapter
1400 Central Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
901-726-1690
And:
United Way of the Mid-South phone in a donation at (901) 433-4300.
They take DIRECT donations, so you can skip all the National-level waste and delay, AND they serve nearly every community in the effected radius.
[cross-posted to The Reaction]
posted by Libby Spencer at 7:24 AM
2 Comments:
So the miserable SOB in the White House tells us to pray. That's why we pay taxes no doubt.
Of course we're down to prayer because they can't afford to help because of the tax cuts and the war and the recession.
I've been through three natural disasters since 2004 and I promise you, nothing constructive was done that I noticed - unless it was by local volunteers and the local Red Cross.
All Jumpin' George did was to pull a "Rudy" which means pose with the ruin of thousands of lives and leave. That's all we can expect from him.
It's maddening.
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