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Eastside93: You are

wwstaebler — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:50:27 +0000

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Eastside93: You are incredible! I am truly humbled by your generosity. THANK YOU, from me personally and on behalf of the many people you have helped.

Eastside93: I am stunned, and

wwstaebler — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:38:27 +0000

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Eastside93:
I am stunned, and truly humbled by your generosity. THANK YOU -- personally from me, and on behalf of the people you will have helped.

Great post. Thanks for

JasonEverettMiller — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:52:19 +0000

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Great post. Thanks for bringing this place back to reality. Gave what I could this morning to Red Cross when I got Obama's email asking for donations. Will take your advice and donate more in a couple weeks when the permanent relief funds go into action.

Look at you, eastside!!! Way

laurajordan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:31:03 +0000

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Look at you, eastside!!! Way to go! :-)

ww, Thanks so much for

laurajordan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:30:00 +0000

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ww,

Thanks so much for giving us an understanding of what life is really like for our Gulf coast citizens after the drama of the storm is over.

I'm going to look around and see if there are any organizations already established that focus on permanent relocation relief. If I find anything, I'll post it.

I just won a small poker

eastside93 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:20:55 +0000

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I just won a small poker tournament last night. $1200 for first place. Now I'm sending $600 to the Red Cross.

Damn it, wvstaebler...reading your posts is freaking expensive. :-)

Thank you for reminding all of us what really matters. Highly rec'd.

If you are having trouble

wwstaebler — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:13:07 +0000

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If you are having trouble loading the video it can be found through the Miami Herald storm coverage section and is marked "Storm Surge." It's worth the trouble to watch it.

Thank you for the comfort video, Still. But the people who really need it are the evacuees, waiting to find out how much damage is happening. So I wish it could be sent to all the evacuees, but they are, for the most part, now probably offline, which is part of the immediate disruption to their lives.

Heads up: Don't be misled by

wwstaebler — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:08:04 +0000

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Heads up:
Don't be misled by what category the storm is. A Category 2, or 3 can be devastating; the slower it moves the more time it has to wreak havoc.

And then there is the storm surge, which does the real damage:

http://video.ap.org/v/Default.aspx?partner

This video could have been modeled on what happened to my house in 2004.

You doin' okay? If you need a

stillidealistic — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:24:29 +0000

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You doin' okay? If you need a little comfort...here's a hug from me to you.

http://www.mayyoubeblessedmovie.com/

Yes, I gave substantially

Lux Umbra Dei — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:06:43 +0000

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Yes, I gave substantially (for me at least) to them at the time of the E Asian tsunami of 04 (?) and their hq is not that far from where I live in Portland.

Not off the top of my head..on the poems, but Mary Oliver wrote a book when her long time partner died and I imagine there is something in there..I will look on my shelfs....