God, if only I could.

[demiurgent]

For the first time I've ever seen, the Red Cross has put out an open call for volunteers -- they'll take anyone who can give them two arms, two legs and several weeks of their life.

The Academy starts school in a week. I can't go. I can't.

But God, I wish I could. At least I'd be doing something.

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Comments

"I'm supposed to walk away from here..."

[takhisis.livejournal.com]

I've only got 2 weeks of vacation to my name, and a family riding on my income. I empathize the scream of frustration.

But I'm O neg. I'm highly tempted to try to find a Red Cross worker who's got a soft heart and loose morals... fuck, I've done worse things to my body in the past than donating twice as often as I'm supposed to, and for not even half as good a reason.

They told me I've got "Martyr's Blood". Let me have a fucking use for it.

[ardaniel]

School started here on Monday. I'm in it for the next 17 weeks and can't get away, then I've got two weeks off and I'm back in.

Oh, and I got a nice big past-due tax bill today thanks to my ex's parents screwing up my 2001 taxes (done for me while I was laid up from an accident).

I could just scream, seriously.

ANGER AND SPITE

[ledenyca.livejournal.com]

I so wish I could go. Right now, though, I want to take up arms and go nuke Paypal somehow and then drag their corpses through the hills for another year and a day.

This is why; http://forums.somethingawful.com/

I donated a $100 to that, too. If it doesn't make it through to those people in N.O., along with the $20,000 that was raised in TEN HOURS ALONE, I think I'm going to spend a long time being extremely and impossibly angry. Think of how much more would go to it in just one day if it didn't shut down!

FUCK. PAYPAL.

Re: ANGER AND SPITE

[point5b.livejournal.com]

I tried to donate there, but paypal's pages kept screwing up. It must have been right around the time they shut down that account.

[magentamom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm with you. God, I want to do *something* rather than be angry and write letters about how angry I am. But my kids, especially the baby, just aren't that portable. But I want to go there.

[hkr.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know if they're providing transportation? I'd love to help but I'm many states away and I can't afford to drive down there.

[ardaniel]

Your best route would be to contact your local Red Cross and see what sorts of services they're attempting to provide. If they're not forming a caravan, they may be able to direct you to other means of getting there.

[ohnefuehlen.livejournal.com]

I thought the Red Cross weren't allowed in (http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524). Is this just for areas other than NO, then?

-SeanH

Helping

[larksilver.livejournal.com]

From what I hear, and not just from the media, it's a war zone down there. Since I have a little boy coming home from my mom's tomorrow, I don't think I'll be going. Can't, anyway, what with all the refugees showing up on my doorstep at work. I guess, since I'm at TCH, and we're, y'know, taking care of these kids.. I am helping? Still feel like a schmuck though for not having money and/or time to donate.

I do have a bunch of stuff like baby clothes, etc., to donate, which I'll drop off at the donation station. Still... seems so small a thing.

[dadiceguy.livejournal.com]

They are likely bringing up some folks to here in Michigan. If they do I am going to check in and see what I can do. I have three full days free every week. Be good to do something useful with it.

[nicholey-2003.livejournal.com]

i agree. feeling helpless because you can't go ... it's a shitty feeling. i think there are tons of us that would love to just drop everything and go and help out. but think of everyone that needs to stay behind and make sure things go well here. that, and if they have a ton of people going down there, it might become unsafe. i guess that the best we can do is just donate our time finding food, clean water, and supplies for the people who have been displaced. help them find jobs, ways to start over again. i donated to the red cross the other day, and maybe if you donated five dollars a day or something, it would help you feel a little better?

i don't know; i just know i feel the same way you do, and it's hard to deal with.

[demiurgent.livejournal.com]

I've donated to the Red Cross, and I will again. And I'm participating in a Webcomics telethon to raise money. But... yeah.

Yeah.