An email from my mother.
"I spent all day yesterday down at the convention center doing medical triage...
I cried more than once...these people have nothing - even those that had much to begin with now have nothing. Some don't know where their families are, their children - a 4 and a 6 year old came in without parents or family members. Parents were so desperate to get the kid out that they shoved them on to any bus they could. The families did not necessarily end up in the same place together. A 14 year old brought her 3 year old brother in to be seen for diarrhea - she does not know where her parents are - she is hoping they are in Houston. I wanted to take them all home.
It's just heart wrenching. So many don't know if their loved ones stayed behind or left. They have no way of contacting anyone. What many did say was that they planned to stay wherever they were brought to or where their family ended up and start new lives there. The resilience which emanated from mouths in faces streaming with tears over their losses was amazing. I am humbled and in awe in the same breath."
Also:
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/vol/95565789.html
Reply to: see below
Date: 2005-09-05, 2:56PM CDT
Found this somewhere else and am posting it for them. The phones are busy a lot so email if you can!
Transport Provided to Anywhere - Room Desperately Needed! (For the Animal Victims of Katrina)
There is transportation provided, with people ready and waiting, for upwards of 200 dogs and 150 cats so far rescued from the devastation of hurricane Katrina. What these animals need is a place to go. Kennels, boarding, vets offices, shelters with any extra space, foster homes and rescues. Even one or two open kennels would greatly help.
From what we know, all animals have been vaccinated and are in good health considering the conditions. There are dogs and cats of every breed and size. Some are in groups of two, three or four, hailing from the same family, while some are solitary. ANY KENNEL SPACE AVAILABLE CAN CERTAINLY BE USED. These drivers are willing to move these animals ANYWHERE they need to go. Absolutely anywhere.
The current safe houses for these animals are being inundated and some of these pets will have to be euthanized if they are not moved to make room for the incoming animals.
Please feel free to pass on this information everywhere. Every forum, every list, every community.
REMEMBER THESE ANIMALS WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO YOU.
If you know anyone, anywhere, that is willing to take in even one cat or dog, please have them contact Lynda at the information provided below.
They are also asking for ANY kind of donations for the animals - money, food, bedding, water, etc.
Please Contact Lynda V. at: 203 515 3024 (cell)
Home: 203 227 5308
Email: Lynda@portone.com
If anyone in this area is interested in fostering, send an email, I volunteered to transport, ie: pick up animals within 6 - 8 hours of phila and transport them to the new jersey/pennsylvania/new york/boston.
also, 5,000 refugees are coming to phila, they are being put up somewhere near temple. i'll post info on volunteering as soon as i know.
I cried more than once...these people have nothing - even those that had much to begin with now have nothing. Some don't know where their families are, their children - a 4 and a 6 year old came in without parents or family members. Parents were so desperate to get the kid out that they shoved them on to any bus they could. The families did not necessarily end up in the same place together. A 14 year old brought her 3 year old brother in to be seen for diarrhea - she does not know where her parents are - she is hoping they are in Houston. I wanted to take them all home.
It's just heart wrenching. So many don't know if their loved ones stayed behind or left. They have no way of contacting anyone. What many did say was that they planned to stay wherever they were brought to or where their family ended up and start new lives there. The resilience which emanated from mouths in faces streaming with tears over their losses was amazing. I am humbled and in awe in the same breath."
Also:
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/vol/95565789.html
Reply to: see below
Date: 2005-09-05, 2:56PM CDT
Found this somewhere else and am posting it for them. The phones are busy a lot so email if you can!
Transport Provided to Anywhere - Room Desperately Needed! (For the Animal Victims of Katrina)
There is transportation provided, with people ready and waiting, for upwards of 200 dogs and 150 cats so far rescued from the devastation of hurricane Katrina. What these animals need is a place to go. Kennels, boarding, vets offices, shelters with any extra space, foster homes and rescues. Even one or two open kennels would greatly help.
From what we know, all animals have been vaccinated and are in good health considering the conditions. There are dogs and cats of every breed and size. Some are in groups of two, three or four, hailing from the same family, while some are solitary. ANY KENNEL SPACE AVAILABLE CAN CERTAINLY BE USED. These drivers are willing to move these animals ANYWHERE they need to go. Absolutely anywhere.
The current safe houses for these animals are being inundated and some of these pets will have to be euthanized if they are not moved to make room for the incoming animals.
Please feel free to pass on this information everywhere. Every forum, every list, every community.
REMEMBER THESE ANIMALS WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO YOU.
If you know anyone, anywhere, that is willing to take in even one cat or dog, please have them contact Lynda at the information provided below.
They are also asking for ANY kind of donations for the animals - money, food, bedding, water, etc.
Please Contact Lynda V. at: 203 515 3024 (cell)
Home: 203 227 5308
Email: Lynda@portone.com
If anyone in this area is interested in fostering, send an email, I volunteered to transport, ie: pick up animals within 6 - 8 hours of phila and transport them to the new jersey/pennsylvania/new york/boston.
also, 5,000 refugees are coming to phila, they are being put up somewhere near temple. i'll post info on volunteering as soon as i know.