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My thoughts and best wishes go out to all of those affected by the Hurricane Season in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and other storm affected areas. You have been displaced, neglected by some, and are enduring the results of devastation beyond any we have seen in our life times.

If you are able to volunteer, send money, house the displaced, educate the children, heal those suffering either emotionally or physically, please NOW is the time to step to the plate. Please look below for a list of resources. We are America and it is time to make a stand.

Some serious issues have revealed themselves as we have seen in the aide of this terrible disaster. Our governmental systems are not connected in so many ways as we have been led to believe in this new super power…Homeland Security. Where was the plan? What took so long? We have strained our military forces so that the brunt of our military overseas is the National Guard. The National Guard was designed and designated for homeland security. Yet when we needed them here at home, they are still over in Iraq. Lord, I pray that the people, our leadership, and those unwilling to stand aside with heads turned any longer, stand up and be heard. Investigations must be held and people at the top must be held accountable. Subordinates are at the will of their leaders, and it is time for those leaders to accept blame and pay the cost of those crimes against humanity.

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How You Can Help

• American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW

• The Salvation Army -- (800) SAL-ARMY (725-2769)

• Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575

• America's Second Harvest -- (877) 817-2307

• Habitat for Humanity -- (866) 292-7892

• MercyCorps -- (800) 852-2100

• National Next of Kin Registry -- (800) 944-4084

• International Medical Corps -- (800) 481-4462

• Army National Guard -- (800) 833-6622 -- For Service Members and Families

• ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923

Donate & Volunteer

• Network for Good

• American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW

• Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575

• Salvation Army -- (800) SAL-ARMY

• Florida Hurricane Relief Fund

• America's Second Harvest -- (877) 817-2307

• Catholic Charities USA -- (800) 919-9338

• B'nai B'rith International -- (888) 388-4224

• United Jewish Communities

• Union for Reform Judaism

• Church World Service -- (800) 297-1516 ext 222

• MercyCorps -- (800) 852-2100

• Noah’s Wish -- (530) 622-9313

• North Shore Animal League -- (877) 4savepet

• Operation Blessing -- (800) 730-2537

• Episcopal Relief and Development -- (800) 334-7626

• Habitat for Humanity -- (866) 720-2800

• The United Way -- (800) 272-4630

• Humane Society of America -- (888) 259-5431

• ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923

• Lutheran Disaster Response -- (800) 638-3522

• Mennonite Disaster Service -- (800) 348-7468

• Water Missions International -- (843) 769-7395

• United Methodist Committee on Relief -- (800) 554-8583

• The Baton Rouge Area Foundation -- (877) 387-6126

• Society of St. Vincent de Paul

• Samaritan’s Purse -- (800) 665-2843

• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee -- (800) 55-CRWRC

• Food for the Hungry -- (877) 780-4261 ext 2506

• Northwest Medical Teams -- (800) 959-4325

• World Relief -- (800) 535-5433

• Adventist Development Relief Agency -- (800) 424-2372

• Southern Baptist Convention -- (888) 571-5895

• Save the Children -- (800) 728-3843

• International Medical Corps -- (800) 481-4462

• American Friends Service Committee -- (888) 588-2378

• AmeriCares -- (800) 486-4357

• International Aid -- (800) 251-2502

• International Medical Corps -- (800) 481-4462

• International Orthodox Christian Charities -- (877) 803 4622

• International Relief and Development, Inc. -- (703) 248-0161

• International Relief Teams -- (619) 284-7979

• International Rescue Committee -- (877) 733-8433

• Life for Relief and Development -- (800) 827-3543

• MAP International -- (866) 627-4483

• Mercy (M-USA) -- (800) 55-MERCY

• Operation USA -- (800) 678-7255

• Quarters From Kids

• Relief International -- (800) 573-3332

• Relief International -- (800) 573-3332

• USA Freedom Corps -- (212) 348-8882

• World Concern -- (800) 755-5022 ext. 0

• Moveon.org: Hurricane housing

Get Help

• Department of Homeland Security

• FEMA

• American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW

• Alabama Emergency Management Agency

• Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

• Official Web site of Louisiana

• Mississippi Homeland Security

• Florida Division of Emergency Management

Locate the Missing

• Hurricane Katrina Official Government Website

• National Next of Kin Registry -- (800) 944-4084

• Homeport: Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Assistance

• Hurricane Katrina Connection message board

• Alabama Hospital Association

• ICRC’s Family News Network

Find Local Information

• Louisiana: NOLA.com

• Alabama: WPMI.com

• Mississippi: WLOX ABC 13

• Alabama: AL.com

• Florida: PensecolaNewsJournal.com

• Mississippi: Sun Herald

• Mississippi: The Clarion-Ledger

• NOLA.com Blog

• NOLA.com Missing Persons Forum

• 2theadvocate.com Blog

• Hurricane Katrina Connection message board

• Alabama Power

• Mississippi: Mississippi Power

• Florida: Florida Power and Light

• Florida: Florida Public Utilities

• Louisiana/Mississippi: Entergy

• NOAA: Aerial images of Katrina damage