Lets get this off of our chests...How are you doing in the wake of Katrina?

[newflvr]

Hey PupDaddy  It's GREAT!  Don't belittle any contribution!  It's huge to those involved!!!  Esp. the hungry dogs!

[DixieSugarBear]

I am sure the dog food was a true gift for them.  After all they have shown how much they love their babies, they did not leave without them.  I guess if when we have to leave for a cat4+ I will just load the fur-babies, my photos, and my husband in the SUV and hit the road. 

[LaurieW]

Brigid, Anky I'm with you.  I'm angry.  I'm angry because politicians, media, every person who gets a mike stuck in front of his face is trying to blame someone....any one.  I'm sorry, but sometimes bad stuff just plain happens for no reason.  It's a waste of time and energy to lay there and point fingers!  Get up, get going....any place is better than down.  We are all going to have to pull together to move forward.  Leave all the blame S*&T behind.  Forget it!  Learn from our mistakes.  THINK and THANK  .....those are the words I've been trying to drum in to my kids' heads.  Think about what you are doing and the consequences of your action.  Then thank EVERYBODY  for every kind thing that is done for you.  Gratitude is the biggest healer.  Look for the good!!!

No body planned this hurricane.  Yes, the levy broke because the government gambled that "the big one" wouldn't hit.  They put our money elsewhere..... anti-terrorism?  Okay...that's fine and we haven't been hit again.  They gambled, the Gulf States lost.  Let's all pitch in and get every living creature out of there and learn from the mistakes.  Don't waste time and good will by going over and over and over who made what error. 

Sad???  Yes for the good people that got out when they saw it was time....by any means  and thereby lost everything.  But I'm so flippin' angry at those who stayed behind to loot, shoot, rape and murder!  I've said this before but there are many times I'm sad to be human.

Angry??? YES!!  Sad??? YES!!! For the same reasons as Newflvr

HOPEFULL? YES!!!!!  For the same reasons that we saw in the pic posted by Pup Daddy.  Living here in the DFW area has been a story of hope....people have pulled together to help others in need....one church in my town sponsored 200 refugees - those people have in turn been adopted by all the other churches in town & now have apartments, and many have new jobs, clothes, food, etc.....

We can & should be ashamed when we hear stories about looting, raping, murdering, sniping at rescue workers....

We can & should be glad that our race is much more than just the bad stuff....that we can be the hands, feet, and heartbeat of LOVE.

[Tulsas' Dad]

The Heartbeat of Love!
Amen!

[kildeskennel]

I am also a nurse and feel alternately guilty for not volunteeringt o go, and angry that in the midst of this crisis I am in the middle of a staffing crisis and have 40 patients with not enough staff to meet the needs of of my residents, this has not happened in over 20 years.  I am angry and scared that administration is talking of offering our 4 last beds to 4 patients sho need it, guilty and mad at myself becaue my first thought was "GOD NO!" we cannot staff the house we have right now.  Excited because we are thinking of offering displaced health care workers temporary jobs and freaking out because what do we do when they leave and go back to their lives.  Angry, upset, guilty, resigned, and indifferent becaue I have everyday issues to live with and deal with and people have lost everything if not their lives.  Mostly THANKFUL that I livein Norther Minesota and my family and my home are safe for today.