Yep, I think the news explained what to expect poorly. People from Lousisiana knew what was going to happen. The news reported in haste that New Orleans had been spared.

The water will continue to rise.

I feel like they are saying that the city no longer exist. Or they will be.

They could really use our help there and as KRL said:

http://www.RedCross.org
http://www.SalvationArmyUSA.org

and don't forget the dogs and cats and other animals stranded on the roofs and in the water. A great organization is handling this rescue aspect.
http://www.NoahsWish.com

Im just watching a news briefing - 2/3 breaches now.

Fly overs as well - oh shit - fires breaking out.

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml are feeding it

i bet it dryed off fast but its gotta be more humid then ever there..

I met my wife Jennifer in New Orleans during a Cybernet show. So I have some very good memories of New Orleans and it will always be a special place to me.

It's very sad to see what happened. I want to help those poor people that lost everything. I have tons of old clothes and convention t-shirts I'll be giving to Salvation Army, got them all bagged up in my garage, like 12 big garbage bags worth of clothes.

Most charities don't really want clothes. Salvation Army/Goodwill/etc. usually sells the clothes in their stores and uses the money to buy other things (sometimes new clothes ;) ). The time it would take to donate clothes and liquidate them where they could actually help the victims isn't practical.

In fact, the charities I've seen asking for help are asking for hard, cold cash. It's difficult if not impossible to ship things there so they are going out to other towns and buying necessities.

Donate the clothes to a homeless shelter near your home and send NOLA a monetary donation is what I'm hearing.

I saw some awful footage on the new over here. One man who had lost grip of his wife during the floods had lost not only his wife, but his entire livelihood. Fortunately his two children were safe but it broke my heart to see people's lives so utterly destroyed.

Yep, you're right. I'll do that.

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Well I guess that's fate. Let's just pray that they could get through with it and start a new life. It requires a united effort of all concerned agencies both government and non-government institutions to help these people.

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I think the media really screwed up showing looters on the first/second day. Made the country not want to care. It was soon after that we started seeing the real mess.