~patches~ wrote:
> Bob Myers wrote:
>
>> "~patches~" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I hope you don't speak for all Americans As a Canadian I take
>>> great offense to your statement as I'm sure others do. Shame on
>>> you.
>>>
>>
>>
> That's good to hear I know our local churches have already sprung
> to action with collections of clothes and food to go down to the
> devastated areas (snippage)

You may well want to consider (as well as your local churches) before you go
down to offer help. They have to get a handle on the situation before they
are letting *anyone* other than official rescue organizations, National
Guard, etc. in. Better to take your donations to a location where they can
be sent there without trying to go down and help out personally. You
wouldn't find any place to stay, anyway.

Jill