A Fellow Blogger

A fellow blogger in a similar situation found my site. She is from Arizona and is trying to find ways to help her family. She brings up the issue of how Rita seems to be the overlooked child of Katrina, both in media coverage and in government response. I can empathize because some of the barriers to recieving aid that her family faces, my family has also faced.

...I am finding it VERY difficult to understand WHY organizations are rolling out the carpet to help Katrina victims and excluding Rita victims. I am also angered when I see Rita victims sloppily included in promotion and fundraising efforts (I'm sorry, but I put HfH in that category). Especially when a heck of a lot of Rita victims were first responders to Katrina, cooked Katrina evacuees meals, opened their churches and communities to Katrina victims, helped Katrina victims evacuate, and then lost everything.... just as Katrina victims lost everything.... and when they ask for help they are told "nope, you aren't from Katrina".

Cameron Parish Blog

It breaks my heart when I think about families like this. There are so many just like hers, and I know first hand how it feels when you are far away from your home and people and seemingly helpless to do anything. You and yours are in my thoughts, friend.