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Hurricane Katrina - On the Front Line - Day 3

Tuesday Morning 10:02 am

If this is the first time you've come to this blog, you can scroll down and read the first Hurricane Katrina entry and see more photos.

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Yesterday, my wife Ingrid, went to Volunteer her time down at the Houston Astrodome complex.  She left at 8:00am and worked there for over 16 1/2 hours! 

She got back home around 1:00am the following morning.

She is a trooper, and has more compassion and concern for others in her little finger than I have in my whole body.

Many of the Evacuees now coming into Houston are being sent to other various shelters and shelters in other states (i.e. Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Arkansas etc.)

Although at the Houston Astrodome complex, we're still processing incoming evacuees, there is also an effort to transition to finding jobs for people.

Many (most) of the evacuees at the Astrodome complex are senior adults, elderly, moms with children, and people with health problems.  So a lot of them can't work, even if they wanted to.  However, the city of Houston and the Red Cross is doing it's best to find jobs for the men.

My wife told me that she met a man at the dome yesterday who was hoping to start work for the City of Houston today.  He was very hopeful.

Here is a picture of one of the younger volunteers. 

There is actually an age limit to volunteer at the dome. You have be at least 18 years old.

But this young gal is not only a volunteer, but an evacuee.

She thought it was a lot funner to help out, than sit around doing nothing.

She had such a cheery personality and was as cute as could be. 

Here are two young women who were eager and ready to help out.

They are sisters!

It's great to see the evacuees becoming volunteers. 

I've always believed, the best way to cure depression, anger, or low self-esteem is to go out and help someone else.

When you start helping someone else, your own problems seem to fade away.

This weekend, I'll be leading a work party into Lousiana to help a few Hurrican Katrina victims to salvage their homes and do clean up work.

I'll take a lot of photos and let you know what's happening on the front lines.

David



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