Comments on: How You Can Help

By: carla

carla — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:09:34 +0000

A friend who had just moved from Iowa City 3 days before the flooding reminded me that the hardest hit in her former hometown were the communities of color. We don’t associate Iowa with black folks the way we do New Orleans, but as always poor people–who are too frequently people of color in this country–are the hardest hit.

By: nyc/caribbean ragazza

nyc/caribbean ragazza — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:39:02 +0000

Bella thanks for posting this. I’m glad to see something positive came from that racist pin.

By: Bebroma

Bebroma — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:02:30 +0000

Thank you for spotlighting this, bella. It’s really bad. I live in the Midwest…and there are fire stations that are completely ruined because the water line reached above the ceiling of the fire station, the government offices are flooded, it’s awful, and it is so many towns and cities, not just one, all along the Mississippi. Help is certainly needed. It’s heartbreaking to see everyone work so hard sandbagging and then watching the water break through anyway. It was very bad in 1993 when the Mississippi flooded, in fact it is referred to as the Great Flood of 1993, but this is even worse.

By: Mrs.Mckinzie

Mrs.Mckinzie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:56:23 +0000

This is very sad,I heard on the news that the Red Cross are completely tapped out of funds,and they need help desperately.My husband and I will help with whatever we can.

By: p1tey1

p1tey1 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:12:37 +0000

Thank you for this information.

By: b.

b. — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:17:36 +0000

Whoa Bella; where’d you find that picture? OMG speechless.

Although the flooding was much more gradual than in NO, it’s devastating nonetheless and they definitely need all the help they can get.

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:26:31 +0000

Thanks Bella… I was devastated hearing about this. It’s great to know what we can do to help.