| YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE ~ by Jim Nabors |
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| Shannon and Steven Grannon take what belongings they can from their Waveland, Miss. home on Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. Their home was moved several hundred feet by the hurricane. (AP Photo/Mari Darr-Welch) |
| Evacuees from New Orleans find new shelter on the floor of Houston's Astrodome Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. Texas opened two more giant centers for victims of Hurricane Katrina on Friday after refugees filled Houston's Astrodome to capacity.(AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) |
| The floor of Houston's Astrodome is covered with cots and evacuees from hurricane ravaged New Orleans Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. Texas opened two more giant centers for victims of Hurricane Katrina on Friday after refugees filled Houston's Astrodome to capacity. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) |
| Residents are rescued by helicopter from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina Friday, Sept. 2, 2005 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) |
| A young patient of Charity Hospital in New Orleans is carried to a waiting bus after being evacuated by airboat on Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. A huge military presence has arrived in the city, restoring order and bringing with them food and water to feed the thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Bill Haber) |
| Hurricane Katrina Rips La., Miss. Coasts
One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama yesterday. On its destructive path, it affected not only the Gulf communities and shorelines it passed, but also the oil and gas market. After the storm deluged Florida over the weekend, it intensified from a Category 2 storm to a Category 5 in the Gulf, according to the NOAA Hurricane Warning Center. Thousands of people were evacuated from New Orleans, which lies below sea level. The city was inundated by high waters and winds, though so far not as severely as expected: The hurricane diminished in intensity to Category 4 as the eye moved farther east than originally predicted. If the mayor of New Orlean's death-toll estimate holds true, it would make Katrina the worst natural disaster in the United States since at least the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, which have blamed for anywhere from about 500 to 6,000 deaths. Katrina would also be the nation's deadliest hurricane since 1900, when a storm in Galveston, Texas, killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people. |
| Hurricane Katrina - August 28, 2005 |
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| Take time to pray today for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Please pray for the victims and the rescuers. Pray that God gives them all the physical and spiritual strength required to work through this crisis.
Please pray for patience for those anxiously waiting to hear from family members or to get word about their homes. |
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| Prayer for the Victims, Survivors and Workers of Hurricane Katrina
Compassionate God, Sustainer of all people, Up-lifter of the suffering, we come to you in our time of devastation. In all ages You have been near to Your people, protecting them from the pain and sorrow of destruction. Now, in this age, we are in need again of Your protecting shield. Shield with Your presence all who are experiencing the pain and heart break from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Lift up the survivors and shield them from further harm. Be for them a refuge from the pain, suffering and loss. Enfold the relief workers, police and military guards with your ever-present strength, courage, fortitude and compassion. Strengthen those who cling to life; Keep their hope and hearts alive; Revive the weary rescue workers and tired medical teams; Renew the resolve of those who have lost everything; Quicken all efforts to rush resources and aid; Send our people to help; Open our hearts to give again and again. Welcome all who have died. Give them Your loving embrace as they come to face You in Your eternal Kingdom. Enliven in us, those who will come to the aid of these victims, a genuine sense of compassionate love for all people. We ask this in the name of Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. |
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| Don't Look Back
As you travel through life there are always those times when decisions just have to be made, when the choices are hard and solutions seem scarce and the rain seems to soak your parade! There are some situations where all you can do is to simply let go and move on, gather courage together and choose a direction that carries you toward a new dawn. So pack up your troubles and take a step forward. The process of change can be tough. But think about all the excitement ahead, if you can be stalwart enough! There could be adventures you never imagined just waiting around the next bend and wishes and dreams just about to come true in ways you can't yet comprehend! Perhaps you'll find friendships that spring from new interests, as you challenge your status quo and learn there are so many options in life, and so many ways you can grow! Perhaps you'll go places you never expected and see things that you've never seen, or travel to fabulous, faraway worlds and wonderful spots in between! Perhaps you'll find warmth, affection and caring, a "somebody special" who's there to help you stay centered and listen with interest to stories and feelings you share. Perhaps you'll find comfort in knowing your friends are supportive of all that you do and believe that whatever decisions you make, they'll be the right choices for you! So keep putting one foot in front of the other and taking your life day by day. There's a brighter tomorrow that's just down the road. Don't look back, you're not going that way! ~ Author Unknown |
| Hurricane Katrina ~ Online Resources and How to Help |
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| RED CROSS ~ To Donate ~ To Volunteer The devastation from Hurricane Katrina is heartbreaking, and our thoughts are with those struggling through the aftermath of this disaster. American Red Cross volunteers are working day and night in these hard-hit areas, supplying critical necessities to hundreds of thousands of victims left homeless. By giving your financial gift to Hurricane 2005 Relief, you will be a part of providing shelter, water, food, counseling and other necessities to those most in need. |
| MAKE A DONATION
Victims of Hurricane Katrina throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are in need of immediate medical care, food, water and temporary housing. Some of the organizations accepting donations: |
| American Red Cross 800-HELP-NOW (435-7669) English 800-257-7575 Spanish |
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| Feed the Children 800-525-7575 |
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| How to Help Hurricane Victims - Dozens of Links |
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| As some in dire need are airlifted out, other cram onto buses awaiting to be evacuated from a refuge area on Veterans Avenue and Causeway Blvd. STAFF PHOTO BY ELIOT KAMENITZ |
| Refugees needing medical attention and their families prepare to leave New Orleans, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005. AP Photo, Lisa Krantz |
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| Rescue personnel help a hurricane survivor and her pet, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, in Knoxville, Tenn. Over a hundred people from New Orleans, were tranported to Knoxville. AP Photo, J.Miles Cary |
| Workers move patients up the stairs from the parking garage to the helipad to be evacuated from Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. AP Photo, Brad Loper |
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| Registered nurse Toni Hauser, left, comforts Izetta Williams of New Orleans in the medical room at the Kingwood United Methodist Church in Texas. Williams does not know where her children and grandchildren are, and is desperate to find them. AP Photo, Dana R. Bowler |
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| Volunteers Hanna Lee, left, and Gloria Johnson walk dogs in a shelter for animals Saturday, September 3, 2005, at the LSU Agriculture Center in Baton Rouge. STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT THRELKELD |
| This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows flooded roadways as the Coast Guard conducted initial Hurricane Katrina damage assessment overflights of New Orleans, Monday Aug. 29, 2005. AP Photo, Kyle Niemi |
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| AP A LOUISIANA USA TXAUS106 SOU WEA HURRICANE KATRINA COLOR People wade in flood waters on Canal St. in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. They are among many who are stranded in the after math of Hurricane Katrina. AP Photo/Matt Rourke |
| A break is seen in a levee in an aerial view of damage from Hurricane Katrina , Tuesday morning, Aug. 30, 2005, in New Orleans. AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Smiley |
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| Valerie Bennett breaks into tears as she sits on the hospital bed of her husband Lorne at Emory Hospital in Atlanta Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 and they talked about having to leave their pets in New Orleans. AP Photo/Gene Blythe |
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| Mary Ella Ronsonet pauses while looking for family possessions in debris from her home Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in the Cadet Point section of Biloxi, Miss. Ronsonet's house was pushed off its foundation and scattered across the street. AP Photo/Greg Lovett |
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| Kathlene Murray is overcome with worry about family members Wednesday, August 31, 2005, at a Red Cross shelter at the John Slidell Park gymnasium. SCOTT THRELKELD |
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| This family wanders throughout the cdity with no place to go, Wednesday, August 31, 2005. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD |
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| New Orleans residents wait to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 in New Orleans. AP Photo/David J. Phillip |
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| Volunteer Mickey Monceaux, right, uses his boat to help rescue elderly from an apartment building on the east side of New Orleans, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005. Hurricane Katrina left much of the city under water. AP Photo/Eric Gay |
| MORE How to Help Hurricane Victims - Dozens of Links Recommended by Disaster Officials |
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. American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW . Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575 . Salvation Army -- (800) SAL-ARMY . Florida Hurricane Relief Fund . America's Second Harvest -- (877) 817-2307 . Catholic Charities USA -- (800) 919-9338 . B'nai B'rith International -- (888) 388-4224 . United Jewish Communities . Union for Reform Judaism . Church World Service -- (800) 297-1516 ext 222 . MercyCorps -- (800) 852-2100 . Noah's Wish -- (530) 622-9313 . North Shore Animal League -- (877) 4savepet Operation Blessing -- (800) 730-2537 . Episcopal Relief and Development -- (800) 334-7626 . Habitat for Humanity -- (866) 720-2800 . The United Way -- (800) 272-4630 . The Humane Society of the United States -- (888) 259-5431 . ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923 . Lutheran Disaster Response -- (800) 638-3522 . Mennonite Disaster Service -- (800) 348-7468 . Water Missions International -- (843) 769-7395 . United Methodist Committee on Relief -- (800) 554-8583 . The Baton Rouge Area Foundation -- (877) 387-6126 . Society of St. Vincent de Paul . Samaritan's Purse -- (800) 665-2843 . Christian Reformed World Relief Committee -- (800) 55-CRWRC . Food for the Hungry -- (877) 780-4261 ext 2506 . Northwest Medical Teams -- (800) 959-4325 . World Relief -- (800) 535-5433 . Adventist Development Relief Agency -- (800) 424-2372 . Southern Baptist Convention -- (888) 571-5895 . Save the Children -- (800) 728-3843 . International Medical Corps -- (800) 481-4462 . American Friends Service Committee -- (888) 588-2378 . AmeriCares -- (800) 486-4357 . International Aid -- (800) 251-2502 . International Medical Corps -- (800) 481-4462 . International Orthodox Christian Charities -- (877) 803 4622 |
| . International Relief and Development, Inc. -- (703) 248-0161
. International Relief Teams -- (619) 284-7979 . International Rescue Committee -- (877) 733-8433 . Life for Relief and Development -- (800) 827-3543 . MAP International -- (866) 627-4483 . Mercy (M-USA) -- (800) 55-MERCY . Operation USA -- (800) 678-7255 . Quarters From Kids . Relief International -- (800) 573-3332 . Relief International -- (800) 573-3332 . USA Freedom Corps -- (212) 348-8882 . World Concern -- (800) 755-5022 ext. 0 . Moveon.org: Hurricane housing Get Help . Department of Homeland Security . FEMA . American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW . Alabama Emergency Management Agency . Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness . Official Web site of Louisiana . Mississippi Homeland Security . Florida Division of Emergency Management Locate the Missing . Hurricane Katrina Official Government Website . National Next of Kin Registry -- (800) 944-4084 . Homeport: Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Assistance . Hurricane Katrina Connection message board . Alabama Hospital Association . ICRC's Family News Network Find Local Information . Louisiana: NOLA.com . Alabama: WPMI.com . Mississippi: WLOX ABC 13 . Alabama: AL.com . Florida: PensecolaNewsJournal.com . Mississippi: Sun Herald . Mississippi: The Clarion-Ledger . NOLA.com Blog . NOLA.com Missing Persons Forum . 2theadvocate.com Blog . Hurricane Katrina Connection message board . Alabama Power . Mississippi: Mississippi Power . Florida: Florida Power and Light . Florida: Florida Public Utilities . Louisiana/Mississippi: Entergy . NOAA: Aerial images of Katrina damage Special Thanks to CNN.COM for their Links |
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| Disaster officials recommend the following Websites and phone numbers (some sites may respond slowly due to increased traffic) |
