Hurricane Ike relief

[holden]

hey folks,

i'm sure this made the US news, not sure about national. But hurricane Ike came through SE Texas and up the midwest last Saturday morning, leaving Houston and surrounding areas without power, while basically drowning/sestroying the coastal island of Galveston. Many coastal cities are uninhabitable at present, because of lack of water, sewage, power and basic shelter.

i live in NW Houston, and have not had power for a week (writing this at work) and just had some tree/fence damage, but that's really a small inconvenience when one considers what happened and what life is like for the folks in Galveston:

Some before-n-after pix:
http://weatherblog.abc13.com/2008/09...-and-afte.html
http://geology.rockbandit.net/2008/0...-after-photos/

So, please consider helping out relief efforts for the victims. A sinple google search of hurricane Ike relief donation will point you in the right direction, e.g.:
http://www.redcross.org/
http://www.nourishamerica.org/
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/impact/hurricanes.html
http://www.mccormickfoundation.org/N...e.aspx?pid=319

Thanks for taking the time and maybe helping out!