Today, I spoke to longtime Boing Boing buddy Susannah Breslin, fka The Reverse Cowgirl. She's a resident of New Orleans, and I finally learned this afternoon that she is, thankfully, safe.
I asked Susannah for permission to share some of her experience with hurricane Katrina these last few days on the blog, and she declined.
But she says, "If you want to suggest people donate to the Red Cross, that would be a beautiful thing.
Many people here are very poor and are relying on the Red Cross for help."
So, consider this a suggestion. Link.
Update: Snip from news article:
Margaret O'Brien-Molina, a spokeswoman for the American Red Cross' southwest service area office in Houston, said national Red Cross executives earlier today described Katrina as "the largest recovery operation the Red Cross has ever attempted."
"The Red Cross response to this event is the equivalent Hurricane Andrew, Sept. 11 and more," said American Red Cross Executive Rick Scofield.
