I honestly don’t know what to say. I’ve finally got my eye’s off of the trivial issues with my church organization to follow the tragedy that is the Katrina devastation.
\nWow.
\nThe chaos and anarchy of the Superdome.
\nThousands living like animals in the convention center.
\nDead lying in the streets.
\nMurders. Looting. Shooting at rescue helicopters. Even the police are on the run, reduced to defending their stations overnight instead of protecting the streets.
\nThe national guard sent in with orders to shoot to kill.
\nBut then there are the heroes.
\nNurses and doctors refusing to leave their patients behind, carrying them down seven floors of stairs, in the dark, to evacuate them.
\nDozens of offers from out of state for families to come and stay indefinitely, enroll in schools. No price tag.
\nHouston opening the unused Astrodome, filling it with cots. A local Papa John’s Pizza shop owner putting up $25,000 and sending in his employees to feed the ‘refugees’ as they come in.
\nI just watched the Mayor of San Antonio on CNN. They are preparing to accept some of those now homeless. Asked how many they are prepared to accept? As many as they send. If it’s 25,000 that need help, then that’s what we’ll take. Where will they put them? Among other things, they are busy, overnight, air conditioning a large building on a former air force base to prepare to house 7,000 or so. They are prepared to welcome the kids into their schools. How will they pay for it? The mayor and the city council have opened the city’s pocketbooks. They should get much of it back, but they aren’t waiting for those assurances to help. He said they want them to know that they are loved, and to restore some of their lost dignity. They are welcome in San Antonio.
\nIt’s an amazing, infuriating and heartbreaking situation. Keep praying for safety, order and hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"