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Forwarded with permission from sca-royalpeers list...for those who were
interested in helping the SCA folks hit by Katrina...<br><br>
Cheers,<br>
Quentyn<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><tt>Greetings to the
List.<br><br>
In Meridies/Gleann Abhann, we now have an SCA_only relief center set up.
This is someone I trust *completely*... Master Eric of Telemark. He is
accepting money, gift cards, SCA garb, camping equipment, care packages,
and help for those who have SCA refugees staying with them. He is
co-ordinating employment offers, help for children to go to a new school,
etc. He has a vast army of helpers. All information is confidential. He
will coordinate and distribute everything in a fair and equal manner.
Please send your help to:<br><br>
irongld@bellsouth.net<br><br>
that's: irongld_AT_bellsouthDOTnet<br><br>
And yes, we need *EVERYTHING*!!!!!! Gift cards to WalMart, Sam's, etc are
needed because right now, if anyone tries to go down I-10, I-59, or hwy.
49, very nice young folks wearing olive drab will politely stop you, and
send you on your way back north, as the Interstates and Highway are
closed. You must be a professional search & rescue person, MD, etc.,
WITH FEMA CREDENTIALS to go through the lines. It's a lot more difficult
than you know to get help to them. If you come down, you must carry
enough fuel with you to return home because there is NO gas. None. Even
stations as far up as Memphis are closed, and it's $6 bucks a gallon as
you start finding it (snort of disgust at the gouging).<br><br>
Inasfar as the Gulf Wars site, no one can go in to rebuild ANYTHING,
because Larry is not allowing anything to be moved or cleared until the
insurance guy comes--which makes sense. We can hopefully get down there
before Gulf Wars to have a work weekend, but that is pure speculation at
this point. Almost all Meridian events even fairly close have been
cancelled--no gas! Right now, everyone is just trying to stay alive til
next week.... There are people starving down there. Really. And we
believe the death toll will be in the thousands. No one can count; many
of the bodies washed out to the Gulf. The city of New Orleans, isn't. No
Mardi Gras this year. Totally devastated, and now the whole city is being
evacuated... nice people, crooks, murderers. At one relief center, they
followed some rescue volunteers home, then robbed and murdered them. At
the Superdome, rape was so common no one bothered to report it to police;
most N.O. police fled, and what few remained are being shot at by looters
that stole guns. They are holed up on top of the police station. Even the
S&R dogs are being shot. Now they have trucked these folk en masse to
other locations....<br><br>
The good news is that so far, NO SCA have been declared dead. Whoever on
this list that was looking for Sir John the Pursewer-- he and his Lady
are alive and well, living in his damaged home with several other
refugees. As communication towers are repaired, we are getting more and
more reports of shaken, homeless but happily alive people.<br><br>
SO, please crosspost this link widely. We have offers of help from nearly
every kingdom, including Lochac and Drachenvald. (THANKS!!!) And please,
if you can help, please do so. The utter devastation of our country is
beyond anything since the turn of the last century. Three states are
denuded within 75 miles of the coast. Give up that Starbucks coffee this
week to help someone that has no water.<br><br>
I am deeply grateful for the help you have all offered.<br><br>
Ever In Service,<br>
Ilissa<br>
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<tt>There is also a new aid list for you:
SCA-Disaster@yahoogroups.com. Anything and everything is being
co-ordinated to get help to SCAers! I mean, here they want it all!
Cereal, formula, diapers, feast gear, tents, hygiene products, peanut
butter, dried milk, garb ( List as small/med/leg/ 1x,2x,etc, and primary
colors and timespace/place). They are geared up and ready to take MASSIVE
amounts of donated stuff, as well as financial aid to ship it.<br><br>
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The following message is from TRM Meridies.<br><br>
Hey folks, <br><br>
We have been getting tons of e-mail messages and<br>
our phone has been ringing off the hook from people<br>
all over the SCA who want to help with disaster relief<br>
for our friends down on the Gulf Coast. There is a<br>
website now to help direct efforts in an organized<br>
fashion.
<a href="http://maxandlethrenn.org/hurricane_relief/">
http://maxandlethrenn.org/hurricane_relief/</a> <br>
Please feel free to pass this link along. The idea is<br>
to organize the relief efforts so that people have a<br>
direction in which to concert their labors and<br>
contributions. We are exceedingly grateful to<br>
everyone who has offered their help so far. It is<br>
really great to be part of such a wonderfully generous<br>
organization.<br><br>
Maximillian and Lethrenn<br>
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