If you haven’t seen it yet, New Orleans WWLTV.com is a great source of information–it is a blog, updated every few minutes as news comes in. Natural disasters are unbelievably moving and frightening. I wish I was able to help those people in some way beyond just sending money. I wish I lived closer and could provide shelter and food and water to those who need it. I want to do that when the disaster is halfway across the globe, and I really wish I could do it here.

New Orleans is such a beautiful city, I am so sad to see it like it is today. I desperately pray that the surrounding communities in Mississippi and Louisiana are filled with giving people, who have a sense of community. And I also pray that this disaster, and others like it, will give those people a reminder of what a sense of community is all about, so they can have it all of the time.

Please, if you are nearby, take in someone who needs shelter and food. If you are not nearby, donate to the Red Cross if you are able, as it is the safest and most honest and helpful charity (worldwide) that is available, and you can be assured that if you mark your donation as Hurricane 2005 fund, that is exactly where it will go.