Fewer mudbugs this season
Farmers, fishers and buyers say only about 20 percent of the state’s crawfish crop survived the salty water brought inland by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and a drought in the Atchafalaya basin.
posted by Schroeder @ 11:52 PM
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Depends upon what you want to do Tara.
Do you have professional skills that incline your towards some kind of activity, or would you prefer to do something other than what you normally do?
The main thing that's needed right now, I think, is people to provide medical services, and to help gut people's homes.
Common Ground is providing both medical services and house gutting, and they're doing a fantastic job in both areas -- but you have to be willing to accept that you'll be surrounded by people who like to think of themselves as radical anarchists and there are a few former black panthers involved. It's a very nice bunch of people, but I don't always agree with their perspective.
Common Ground
Habitat for Humanity is another group you could hook up with. Their priority right now is gutting houses.
New Orleans Habitat for Humanity
St. Bernard Parish (which was heavily damaged from flooding) has a lot of gutting activities going on as well.
There's the Red Cross and Salvation Army -- they're primarily doing food distribution (at least, that's what I see them doing, but they probably have other things going on).
You might prefer doing something with an ecumenical group.
I saw in your profile that you work in the communications industry. I can tell you that I'm trying to get something off the ground in that realm -- to get other people involved in gathering more first-hand stories from people about their past and present experiences -- that might be self-perpetuating beyond your stay. I would personally hope to disseminate those accounts as oral histories to let the rest of the world know what's really happening here -- something I think the mainstream press has totally failed to do.
I could make other suggestions, or refer you to other people.
Let me know.
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