Hi everyone, I'm encouraging everyone here in the USA to make a donation to the red cross, salvation army, etc for hurricane Katrina relief. Just about everywhere you go, you can donate money. I work for Cingular (cell phones) and we are allowing people to make donations for as little as a penny, and up to as much as they want. Every penny goes to the red cross account for Katrina.

After you make a donation, come back here and post that you've done so. You don't have to put the amount you donated.

Lets hope none of our friends from on here were caught up in it, and hope for the best for everyone.

Thanks.

Great Gturfrey. I'm sure i will donate to the cause as it seems fairly obviously the right thing to do.

No one was to blame for this terrible happening but it clearly shows how a Global super power, no matter how wealthy is nothing compared with the power of nature.

From my point of view it shows that the respect of nature is what this "global power" is missing. I'll not remove this statement as long as the US is the biggest contributor to the global climate change. There are many more people all over the world who will pay for our energy-consuming post-indutrialistic societies.

I had another statement written up, but thought better about posting it. So I'll just ask this, what exactly was your point in that last statement, ftranschel?

Thats a point ftranschel, the US clearly contributes the most to Climate change than any other country, and this Climate change is what borught drout in France, Fires in Portugal and a Tronado in Birmingham (UK)

Rigel, if you want to post something we wont stop you. I know afc posted something about this but aslong as we don't mortally affend anyone we have the right to free speech

My prayers are with the working man and woman of America who has lost friends family and loved 1s. I wish there was something I could do to help i really do. God is watching over them.

do not turn this into a political debate, any further political referances in this thread will be deleted, people have died, it is wrong to use this as a base to attack americas policies.

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I see your point and I will move my statements to another thread as I share your mourning. I never meant to offend your feelings. I really apologize.

And you are right, where I come from, poeple always tend to search the chances (and reasons) behind a tragedy. The second thought after "god bless them" is always "how can we prevent this from happening again?". I see this may be misplaced here - still this is more a placement issue rather than a political one. I'm always someone who wants to move on and imediatly as to say: Life goes on.

Made a donation when the Tsunami hit South-East Asia, and I will make a donation now. Money, wealth and military power can do little against the forces of nature and innocent people do not have to suffer from it.

I sincerely hope no one lost any close relatives or friends in the disaster.

I also hope none of our members were affected by this terrible tradgedy. I like to think things happen for a reason but i'm unable to find a reason why this should happen. Killing possibly 1000s of people is a waste of people's lives and we only get one.

If it happened for a reason, the only thing I can come up with is to humble the human race.... which I think it accomplished.

I had family members there when it hit. ( they lived there) They did get out on about the 3rd day or so.... which was a good thing...

Now they are still in the area, trying to help others and get some clean-up going. I passed along by telephone many of the posts here. I told them about the site and how awesome all of you are and that your from all over the world. They told me they would let it be known that Botf people cared,
and would pass along the news as well as the words of prayer and hope.


Just wanted to let you all know your words have been heard..

( lighter note ) My cousin who lives there thinks I'm nuts for still being a Trekkie, but I just laugh.... better to be a Botf guy, then to be nothng at all.. lol