Tag: Katrina
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Online reunion efforts overlap, confuse some – Tech News & Reviews – MSNBC.com
Online reunion efforts overlap, confuse some – Tech News & Reviews – MSNBC.com It’s not just the reunion efforts that overlap. I keep hearing stories of evacuees coming into communities, but I’ve yet to discover who is actually in charge of placing the evacuees. Right now it seems like FEMA is trying to take the…
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Relocation Plan
I’ve been talking to a friend of mine about this whole hurricane Katrina evacuee relocation issue. I just haven’t felt comfortable with the “opening up your home” solutions I keep hearing about. While I agree it is a very generous thing to do, I’m not sure it is the best thing to do for the…
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Katrina
I’ve been effected by the images I see on TV from the aftermath of Katrina. Perhaps, because we have so much in this country, such devestation strikes deeper. It pains me to realize that many of the people effected in New Orleans were poor, they were probably renting their home, now that home is gone,…
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Strange Day
It has been a strange day…in a good way. This morning I was invited to “pray” or “do a blessing” for the local United Way campaign kick off. I was honored to be asked. I have a few people in my church connected to the organization and I’ve worked with others on the board before,…