T&P&C to all the TE'rs in the Katrina area

[Trek420]

bikerz "I feel so terrible for all those who couldn't evacuate - no money for gas, no car, no one to help get them out of town in time..."

Would we do any better here if we had to?

Can't help thinking while I saw the footage of the evacuation most had cars piled to the gills with family and pets, many were single occupancy vehicles.

If they had established a '"casual car pool", if any had stopped to pick up just one more person how many would have been saved?

My hat's off to the mayor and even the president (yep, mark the calendar Trek's saying Dubya did 1 thing right, it'll NEVER happen again) emphasising this is serious stuff, get outa Dodge, we mean it, right now, just go. They saved countless lives.

As bad as it is if Katrina had remained Cat 5 it would be unimagineable.

I just checked online to see if there is a redcross blood drive in my area, my first thought as something we all can do. Unfortunately the drives are on Saturday, I work Saturday. Guess I'll make a donation.

One thing we TE'ers do well is shop. If anyone needs a child bike trailer, I found this on e-bay, money goes to the red cross, c'mon gals, bid it up:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7179715014