DC Blogs and Katrina
There is No Excuse
I Hate Kit Kats
Personal reaction coupled with stinging analysis. It starts this way:
As the situation in New Orleans deteriorates, so does my mood. You know how in Star Wars when the Death Star
blows up some unsuspecting little planet, and Yoda or Obi Wan or whoever it is detects a great disturbance in the Force because a bunch of people just senselessly died? Yeah, I feel like that. Only Jedis seem to take tragedy a hell of a lot better than I do….
That Farm Girl
People with strong connections to the affected area, such as the writer of That Farm Girl, want to volunteer.
I have made an inquiry with the Red Cross as to how I can help with the effort as well. One-day training will be held at their chapter office, and then I must agree to a three-week deployment. I've indicated I will only accept deployment to Baton Rouge as I will have a place to stay and I can provide my own transportation if there. They are not certain this is possible, but are checking. My other alternative is to just fly down to the area and hope that by canvassing I can come up with a volunteer gig. Also, photos taken by her godmother
Current Events
I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Wino
Kris recalls her experience with a Florida hurricane; the rapidly rising waters, and the scramble out of her apartment. But the most important point of this post is the trauma that will remain for the survivors long after.
... It was then that an instinctive need to protect those things important to me became overwhelming. I was in constant motion. With each step, my shoeprints appeared on the beige carpet. Only my feet were not wet. The water was coming up through the floors ...
A Silent Cacophony
In two posts, Starting Over and Loss Incalculable, this former Tulane student writes about New Orleans and connections to it.
I spoke to my buddy Mike again last night and today. His cel
l phone allows him to call out but cannot receive calls. He lived in a neighborhood in New Orleans called "Uptown," just a few blocks north of the northern border of the Tulane University campus. Today, the Washington Post has a graphical map of the city, which is 80% flooded, and it has a large "FLOODED" stamp directly over the block in which he lived. He's decided that with the two pair of shorts he has and a couple of tee-shirts, he's going to leave New Iberia, and probably head north, stopping to stay here with me for a while, before starting his life over from scratch at age 40.
Girls with Drinks
Advice about charity giving.
I can say that how we take care of our own (especially our impoverished “own”) is enough to make you sick to your stomach! In addition to giving through Red Cross – I would encourage you to research smaller organizations who are doing localized ground work (for example, I am thinking of Habitat for Humanity – who will most likely go in and help with the rebuilding efforts --- when we get that far). I have a true appreciation of the American Red Cross, but I know (oh, the non-profit girl in me!) that many smaller, localized charities, are the ones that often do much of the ground work – but receive little funding.
A fundraiser planned Sept. 12 at new restaurant, Acadiana Restaurant, reports Metrocurean. With the devastation of Katrina hitting particularly close to home, the Passion Food group is rallying area chefs for a fundraiser on Acadiana's opening day called "PO' BOY POWER, Dress New Orleans Again!"
After hearing an insensitive remark, Angry Black Woman writes: People are less inclined to appreciate the gravity of a situation when they are not directly affected. I guess that’s just the self-absorbed world we live in today. I, however, feel great empathy for those affected by Katrina. How could anyone not??
Politicizing Everything – the politics of donations, from Articulatory Loop.
posted by kob @ 2:25 PM
1 Comments:
I'll be interested to start seeing Katrina refugees in our area. I think many local grafters will be claiming to be refugees, but I haven't seen any of that yet.
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