<p>Some positive news, for a change:</p>
<p>Katrina evacuees arriving at N.C. shelter</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/09/05/katrina_evacuees_arriving_at_nc_shelter/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/09/05/katrina_evacuees_arriving_at_nc_shelter/</a></p>
<p>We have 300 coming into San Francisco tomorrow, I signed up just now to help do resumes, need to do something</p>
<p>If any kids or animals come, we will help with that as well</p>
<p>The positive news started Friday as troops rolled in.</p>
<p>The first 85 arrived in San Diego yesterday - on a jet chartered by Steve Perez, a rich SD businessman. He was apalled by the slowness and ineptitude of the government response so he spent $250K of his own money to get something done NOW. He has arranged with SD disaster officials to shelter the displaced folks here in SD and resettle them permanently if they so wish.</p>
<p>I am not sure how our evacuees are coming, but it is a coordinated effort with The City (yes we capitlize The City), the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Catholic Charities. They will stay in the Catherdral, in the rooms downstairs, and use the attached highschool facilites (showers). We volunteers will have an myriad of duties. As housing is found, the evacuees will be given permanent housing, if they choose, or help going else where.</p>
<p>Whe you think about all the paperwork that needs to be done- mail, soicial security, etc</p>
<p>Most of the evacuees were working and now have no jobs.I can’t even imagine</p>
<p>It is good to hear good news.</p>
<p>No Barrons, the positive news started almost as soon as the disaster. Private individuals, like my son, acted nobly and began the immediate work of rendering aid – even while Nero fiddled. Or was that fiddling actually a fund-raising event?</p>
<p>After reading some of the hurricane stories, I needed a booster shot of good news. So here’s some more:</p>
<p><a href=“http://english.people.com.cn/200509/06/eng20050906_206671.html[/url]”>http://english.people.com.cn/200509/06/eng20050906_206671.html</a>
<a href=“http://english.people.com.cn/200509/06/eng20050906_206669.html[/url]”>http://english.people.com.cn/200509/06/eng20050906_206669.html</a>
<a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4215404.stm[/url]”>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4215404.stm</a>
<a href=“http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/05/content_3447984.htm[/url]”>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/05/content_3447984.htm</a>
<a href=“http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0906/p07s01-wogi.html[/url]”>http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0906/p07s01-wogi.html</a></p>
<p>The stories have patches of depression, but the aid pouring in all over the world is amazing- even from Venezuela, and weren’t we once considering assassinating their president?? Cuba, Iran, and Syria have also offered aid!</p>
<p>And Sri Lanka pledged $25,000. Reminds me of the Bible story of the widow and her two coins… How absolutely wonderful of them.</p>
<p>EDIT: <a href=“http://www.wdsu.com/nationalnews/4937937/detail.html[/url]”>http://www.wdsu.com/nationalnews/4937937/detail.html</a> About a woman’s wedding.</p>
<p>** Duke Students Rescue Louisianians in Convention Center**</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-643298.html[/url]”>http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-643298.html</a></p>
<p>Hurricanehousing.org – the Moveon sponsored program - now reports that it has more than 176,000 beds offered via its site.</p>