RELIEF NEEDED NOW!
In New Orleans, the people who found 'ultimate shelter' in the Superdome, now are having to be evacuated. There is no water in the Superdome. Toilets are running over. Hot, no cooling system, dark. Getting these people out of their 'safe shelter' now has become an emergency. A convoy of buses will carry them over 300 miles to the unused Astrodome in Houston.
More and more water is flooding into the city. Hospitals must all be evacuated. Already, nurses are pumping ventilator machines by hand. Many dependent on ventilators to breathe will not make it.
Meanwhile, on the parts of freeways still above water, all kinds of people are trying to walk several miles to get out of the city. Old people, people with diabetes or heart conditions, sick people without medication. There is hardly any food left in the city, or drinkable water. Yet thousands are still there, without almost everything needed to stay alive, trying to get out.
Just as we would hope that others would come to our aid if we were trapped like this, we should come to their aid. Now! This is about as urgent as it gets. We should find a good outfit, and give to it today. They all will be running low on funds soon, given the size of this disaster.
My recommendation is the Salvation Army. It is just about the best out there (in addition to being one of the many good Christian Charities.) Call 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769) or go to www.salvationarmy.org. Or if you prefer another organization, good. But - today is the day!
As the Bible says, "Give and it shall be given unto you."
More and more water is flooding into the city. Hospitals must all be evacuated. Already, nurses are pumping ventilator machines by hand. Many dependent on ventilators to breathe will not make it.
Meanwhile, on the parts of freeways still above water, all kinds of people are trying to walk several miles to get out of the city. Old people, people with diabetes or heart conditions, sick people without medication. There is hardly any food left in the city, or drinkable water. Yet thousands are still there, without almost everything needed to stay alive, trying to get out.
Just as we would hope that others would come to our aid if we were trapped like this, we should come to their aid. Now! This is about as urgent as it gets. We should find a good outfit, and give to it today. They all will be running low on funds soon, given the size of this disaster.
My recommendation is the Salvation Army. It is just about the best out there (in addition to being one of the many good Christian Charities.) Call 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769) or go to www.salvationarmy.org. Or if you prefer another organization, good. But - today is the day!
As the Bible says, "Give and it shall be given unto you."
posted by Old Neocon at 8:19 AM
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