Please help if you can

[Mel 0]

I know I'm off subject but living in a

hurricane prone area, I'm posting this message.

Those of you who are familiar with hurricanes

know what I'm saying.

I won't be affected by hurricane Dennis but living

in southeast La., I know how much damage hurricanes

can do.

Hurricane Denis is a very dangerous storm and will

be moving ashore in Florida or Alabama in a few hours.

I anticipate many families will lose everything and

this message is to ask that if you live outside the

affected area, you talk to members of your church or

any community organization you are a member of to

see if there is anything you can do to help.

Donating nonperishable foods,clothing,blankets,etc,

to send to affected areas is often very helpful.

Organizations like Red Cross,VFW and American Legion

will usually be happy to help you get any donated items

to those who need help.Please be practical in what you

donate.Some items that are useful in normal circumstances

may cause logistical logjams in a disaster area.

I'm not affected by this storm but,just in case,I sent

my family's most prized member,two month old Kiearah,and

her mother to Houston Friday.

[casinochik 0]

Just joined this board recently and haven't noticed any hurricane threads. Techguy.org does have a hurricane thread in its Random Discussion section complete with updated weather maps folks (including myself) have posted for each storm coming along since last year. I too live in an hurricane area - Florida. Had to evacuate three times last year for Charlie, Frances and Jeanne. Thank the good Lord, we only got 66 mph winds at the highest. That had the power out for weeks at a time in many parts of our county (I thank the good Lord we were spared from outages as well as major damage.)We had lots of downed trees however around here. Hubby was busy getting rid of anything that came down or looked like the next storm might finish the job on other trees. Daughter was a nurse working in the next county and her usual 45 min. commute took 2-1/2 hrs. one way after she had to spend a couple of days at the hospital (they gave the nurses beds to sleep to make sure they'd come in and stay for the duration). She drove through a state forest loaded with pine trees - need I say more!! Thank goodness, she has since transferred to a hospital close to home now and they are moving into a brand new hurricane resistant facility next month.