Philadelphia was prepared, but it looks as though not many Katrina evacuees will spend time here.
Philly gets an A for effort. But I do understand why people would not want to evacuate this far north. Same goes for the people who were shipped to Utah. Good heavens, if my house were blown down and I woke up the next day in Utah, I would believe it was the wrath of God.
Utah? Give me Philly any day.
Because I have friends that are deeply involved in volunteering for the American Red Cross, that's where my donations are going. However, if you are looking for a way to give locally, this is it:
Contributions to Philadelphia's Project Brotherly Love can be sent to the Fund for Philadelphia Inc., 1515 Arch St., 12th Floor, Philadelphia 19102. Cash, checks, money orders, Visa, MasterCard and American Express will be accepted.
The scope of this disaster is becoming almost unbelievable. Trudy Rubin in Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer really pissed me off with her "How dare anyone" question with regard to people saying that pointing fingers right now is playing politics. I DARE, Trudy. When you begin your column with a comparison to Iraq, I DARE.
There will be a time to fire people and some people had bloody well be polishing the sword upon which they will fall. If I were the president, I'd be rushing to find a new Homeland Security secretary so that I could fire Mr. Chertoff at earliest convenience. But when 22 people are found lashed together (dead) and there may be more people on the edge of death trapped in attics, I'm not going to sit on my fat butt behind a computer keyboard and snipe at the president over Iraq. Can Ms. Rubin say the same (fat butt or no)?
I was going to discuss the toxicity of New Orlean's water today, but the truth is, it is hellish. Sheriff's deputies received burns from exposure to it. This is a nightmare. I fear that the environmental damage may be more catastrophic than the flooding or hurricane itself. And yes, I've seen the pictures from New Orleans. This entire scenario is horrifying.
So I'll be blogging quite a bit over the coming months about the environmental state of New Orleans and its surrounding ecosystem. Right now, I'm just hoping that the rescuers can reach people before they die. That is the scope of my ambition.
I never thought I'd see the day on American soil that we'd see this kind of destruction. It is sobering.
That's all I have for now.
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