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To: JDN who wrote (699274)	9/2/2005 12:23:13 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 769670

Help your neighbors (Joe Scarborough) BILOXI, Mississippi — We are still here in Biloxi, at ground zero of where killer Katrina hit. It has ripped open the heart of America’s Gulf Coast, leaving hundreds, maybe thousands, dead in its wake and destroying a major U.S. city. Along a 100-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast, there are scenes here that simply recall nothing short of Hiroshima, and, here in Biloxi, unspeakable losses, where some people may have died simply because they couldn’t afford a tank of gas at the end of a month. We are in the neighborhood that just a week ago was vibrant, filled with children running along these sidewalks. Today, it’s nothing but cinder blocks. Records. I see records. I see refrigerators, stove-top ovens, computers, life possessions that people cherished. It’s unbelievable. You look through these possessions. People have been collecting these things their entire life. You see photo albums, wedding pictures, pictures of young babies just thrown indiscriminately. You wonder where people start to rebuild. It’s really when you get up close and personal with these people, you see a young child crying, crying because there’s nobody there to help. Or you see an old couple, tearing up, as they start looking through the remains of what their dream home was, all destroyed in an instant…. Now, friends, I told you about how I have been in a lot of these things. I have seen the devastation. I have also seen the people, the good people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama come to my backyard in Northwest Florida when we needed help. We have decided in our community to help out. We are trying to get as much support as we can get, trying to get food and other necessities. Please send a donation: Christian Ministries P.O. Box 911 Pensacola, Florida, 32591 If you are in that area, if you are in Northwest Florida, we will have drop points where you can bring diapers, where you can bring bottled water and other goods. I got to tell you this, and I may offend some people right now that are involved in relief agencies. But let me tell you something. If you live in the Southeast, you can help out by just packing up, putting water in the back of your truck, coming down here, dropping it, and then getting out of town. That’s what people did in Pensacola, Florida, for as many as six to eight weeks afterwards. It made all the difference in the world. You can make a difference, too.