Posted on 09/08/2005 9:18:28 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Orange County Register
Dan Fisher, a Huntington Beach husband and father as well as an officer with the Federal Protective Service, is stationed in the New Orleans parish of St. Gabriel outside a federal morgue. He told his story Wednesday by cell phone.
I was part of a team of four that left from Los Angeles on Friday.
We drove straight through and got there Saturday.
My wife was very supportive about me going. My youngest child, who is 22, cried. She didn't want me to go.
But this is my profession; this isn't a job.
I felt an excitement and an anticipation because I didn't know what to expect. I was told that some survivors were shooting at a lot of police officers. This surprised me, because we're there to help. So I had to mentally prepare myself for that.
When we arrived, my partner and I were lucky to get the last hotel room in Lafayette. Now there are no available rooms for 150 miles.
I got to bed at 11 p.m. and was woken up at 2 a.m. by a phone call and told to report to duty at 6 a.m.
I was just awestruck. The pictures you see on TV are nothing compared to when you're standing here. There's nothing here. It's all gone.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
100 years ago today, a cat-5 hurricane hit Galveston Texas killing 6000 people. They happen at this time of year.
At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.
Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, medicine, and shelter. We need help taking care of their pets, too.
If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you. Believe me, there are a lot of organizations who need your help.
Right now the site mostly covers Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas but I'm adding more every night. My wife was down at Reunion Arena in Dallas Tuesday handing out care packages and spiritually ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer. She says that the situation is tragic and that there's a lot of work to be done. There are so many children who don't know where their parents are or even if their parents are still alive.
There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would appreciate it if you would get the word out.
Many thanks,
Michael McCullough
Stingray blogsite
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