Julie Stripling, a New Orleans musican displaced by Katrina and the Federal Flood brings us a new website just in time for Halloween. Relocated permanently to Mississippi she has taken to photgraphing the plethora of spiders and webs that abound in her new environment. Check it out!
Groovy Creepy Critters
The Shreveport Times The grim population outlook also all but assures Louisiana will lose another seat in Congress, thereby reducing its clout and influence in Washington.
We are here, and now that I have had a few moments I am furious with the Federal Government! This semievolved australopithecene that we call a “President,” has dropped the ball in the most criminal way. He is not just responsible for people dying but for the death and destruction of one of the most unique and historic sites in America. He has also through his fumbles sacrificed the entire economy (check those gas prices ladies and gentlemen!)
Here is a quote from an email I got today from someone near and dear to us. Since I do not know if he would wish his name used I will not at this time. I will say the source is from someone who is no stranger to working directly with the government.
” I do hold the president, the legislature, the departments of defense, and homeland security direcly responsible for the magnitude of this disaster. The lack of preparation for this disaster and the half-hearted, slow responsiveness to save lives and control crime represent a lack of leadership by the president. legislators, and the military. We need to hold them all accountable for not protecting our city and our homes until it was too late. Four years ago, Bush approved the cancellation of the funding that was appropriated for the ongoing project to strengthen and complete the levee system. It is unforgivable.”
That says it far more eloquently than I can at this point. I don’t care who you are around the world, if you are reading this begin shouting! We cannot allow them to fail us on this grand a level and not suffer consequences. Bush should be imnpeached. Look at the press photos of GW. See the Apache helicopters that should be transporting people out rahter than being used for a photo op? See the uniformed military personnell who should be out saving my neighbors who are dying in thousands? See the smirking fiend who should have cut short his vacation BEFORE the storm hit? My taxes pay his salary and he LET MY CITY DIE! And let’s not forget Gulfoport, Mobile and every other city and town along the coast.
We can ship in 14, 000 military police at a time but we cannot get food to the dying in the convention center. We can fly across the country on a passenger flight in 4 hours but its THREE DAYS LATER and we can’t fly more people out. This is worse than any American should ever put up with. I don’t care what side of the poitical question you are on, would you want his monkey to let your entire circle of friends, family, memories, YOUR ENTIRE CITY to go through this while they do nothing?
Now enough time has passed and I am pissed! WE are changing this site into a NOLA networking project. Pass the URL along and we will do our best to continue bringing important info to other refugees. We will also begin working on unifying people to make the current adminstration accountable for the single worst and dealiest case of governmental malfeasance in US history.
Take care of each other.
Be safe.
Be in touch.
I have made a contact with a gentleman in California who runs an Independent living facility for disabled adults and the elderly. He is offering free transportation to a few empty beds
plus free services such as 3 free meals per day, free housekeeping, and free laundry.
Post this everywhere (people may know of victims), hand it out to victims if you are around new orleans or any evacuees in an another city
500,000 people will be spreading across our nation in need of housing.
Forward this email all over the internet.
Call me if you are in need of this assistance
Matthew Nolan 256.431.2121
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Hurricane Katrina’s toll on communities, homes and lives has devastated the nation. Now victims must face the daunting question of where to go next—and we can help.
Tens of thousands of newly homeless families are being bused to a stadium in Houston, where they may wait for weeks or months. At least 80,000 are competing for area shelters, and countless more are in motels, cars, or wherever they can stay out of the elements. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross are scrambling to find shelter for the displaced.
This morning, we’ve launched an emergency national housing drive to connect your empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a place to wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a spare room, extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available housing online at:
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
Housing is most urgently needed within reasonable driving distance (about 300 miles) of the affected areas in the Southeast, especially New Orleans.
Please forward this message to anyone you know in the region who might be able to help.
But no matter where you live, your housing could still make a world of difference to a person or family in need, so please offer what you can.
The process is simple:
You can sign up to become a host by posting a description of whatever housing you have available, along with contact information. You can change or remove your offer at any time.
Hurricane victims, local and national relief organizations, friends and relatives can search the site for housing. We’ll do everything we can to get your offers where they are needed most. Many shelters actually already have Internet access, but folks without ‘net access can still make use of the site through case workers and family members.
Hurricane victims or relief agencies will contact hosts and together decide if it’s a good match and make the necessary travel arrangements. The host’s address is not released until a particular match is agreed on.
If hosting doesn’t work for you, please consider donating to the Red Cross to help with the enormous tasks of rescue and recovery. You can give online at:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=859
As progressives, we share a core belief that we are all in this together, and today is an important chance to put that idea to work. There are thousands of families who have just lost everything and need a place to stay dry. Let’s do what we can to help.
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
Thanks for being there when it matters most.
—Noah Winer and the whole MoveOn.org Civic Action Team Thursday, September 1st, 2005
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More will be osted as they turn up. Our web access will be sporadic as we head cross country to Casa Hastings, but I will be expaning our efforts to create a major network for those of us from Atlantis. Keep spreadinng the url and thanks so much to those who are helping. While our Federal Government forgets us the people of America continue to prove themselves good and compassionate people. We could not survive without them and we have it vastly bettter than many. Just watch the news….