subcheryl
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This did make me cry. After about four days of no power, no phone, cooking over the gas fireplace, boiling water, sitting in a livingroom with candles lit to have light, when the power finally came on at 7pm friday night I turned on the tv just for the noise in the house. Watched what was going on in the south and New Orleans and sat and cried and cried. I can not begin to imagine the defeat, the fear, the aloneness, and uncertainty that these people are feeling. I have heard of moms and dads looking for their kids, of kids looking for their moms and dads, and I wonder will they ever find each other, and am happy to see that they are organizing web sites to try and connect people together again. I hear of people who have left pets behind and I feel for them, if it wasn't for our dogs and cat I think I would have totally lost it in those four days, pets are a source of comfort, and companionship in a very uncertain time and it hurts to loose them too and for some that is all they had in this world. What I find frustrating is that Master and I have 2 rooms to give to the needy and because there isn't a way for us to feed more we just can't, I mean as far as lights, washing and such day to day stuff we could, hey we use them anyway, but groceries for more people would really tax us as we are on a tight budget, and when I checked one site today they said there is no help in this form, so guess you have to have money to even do something so simple as open your home to someone. It is frustrating to want to help and see no way of doing so, I know that some would be able to help as soon as their own money starts getting straightened out, but what till than? I do feel overloaded once in awhile so I don't watch the news for a couple of times, than I just have to watch to see what is being done to help them.
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