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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is an awesome idea. But also please remember
that the Dallas/Fort Worth area is becoming a temporary home to THOUSANDS of
evacuatees from Louisiana. On the news we hear about Houston and the Astrodome
but DFW is taking up *alot* of the slack. I know that our local Red Cross,
Second Harvest and other resources need our help as well. Our local hospitals
are absorbing people evacuated from New Orleans hospitals. Last I knew Reunion
Arena was a shelter with the convention center in Dallas also absorbing many
people, and when I was at work we were told that possibly Ft Worth convention
center as well as Will Rogers might become centers sometime this weekend. I
don't know if that has happened yet or not. But I do know that Fort Worth and
Arlington Hospitals have received many patients some with families who have no
place to go.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know I am rambling and I am sorry for that... but
working in emergency medicine I have just had a "reality check" of my own in
dealing with some of the LA hospital evacuatees and seeing what they have gone
through and are still going through. I know that both the Dallas and Tarrant
County Red Cross chapters are in *dire* need of volunteers and in need of the
same items that the effected states are... non perishable food stuffs,
water, blankets, shoes, in the package socks and underwear. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Magdalea/Pook</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=sca004@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:sca004@sbcglobal.net">Dana</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Disaster Relief
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<DIV>Sounds like a good idea to me.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dana</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Alric
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<DIV>Greetings one and all</DIV>
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<DIV>Would Loch Ruadh like to do somethign similar to what Elfsea is
doing? Bring Water food etc to a central point for distribution to SCA
floks in Glenn Abhean and Meridies affected by Hurricane Katrina?</DIV>
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<DIV>If so, we can use my house as a central drop off point and I'll
get the stuff to Rixende and Tomas for delivery to our brothers and sisters
to the east. And if we collect enough stuff I may go with them to haul
it to Shreveport and maybe even as far as Baton Rouge since my daughter
lives there.</DIV>
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