MISSISSIPPI'S INVISIBLE COAST

MISSISSIPPI'S INVISIBLE COAST

As Aug. 29 recedes into the conscious time of many Americans, the great storm that devastated 70 miles of Mississippi's Coast, destroying the homes and lives of hundreds of thousands, fades into a black hole of media obscurity.

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The depth of the suffering and the height of the courage of South Mississippians is an incredible story that the American people must know. But, in the shadows of the New Orleans story, the Mississippi Coast has become invisible and forgotten to most Americans.

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On the third day after Katrina crushed us, this newspaper appealed to America: "Help us now," the headline implored. America answered with an outpouring of love and help. That response saved us then.

Our plea to newspapers and television and radio and Web sites across the land is no less important today: Please, tell our story. Hear the voice of our people and tell it far and wide.

We are here. Do not forsake us.

We are no footnote.

And one more thing...

Thank you. To every out-of-state volunteer, to every friend and family member who has sent supplies or prayers, we sincerely thank you.

And we ask that you do one more thing: Call your senators and your congressional representative and ask them to support additional aid for South Mississippi's recovery.

We couldn't have gotten off our knees without you. But we can't get back on our feet without federal help.

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/13402585.htm

...donations that will go DIRECTLY to the people of the Gulf Coast?

Red Cross isn't cutting it...who is really in the thick of things and working for the people?

Help us help, please.

has a lot of info on this, and is a good place to ask WHO is REALLY serving people.

All Duers should visit the group, read, and post something to let people know that we CARE.

John Grisham and his wife donated $5million to the fund and are paying the administrative costs. They guarantee that 100% of the money raised will go to the folks on the Gulf Coast, to help them rebuild.

Thank you for your concern.

...just made my first donation.

And bookmarked the webpage.

If Washington fails you, I pray the people do not.

Going to spend nothing on tinsel and give to those without a place to hang their hat, let alone decorations.

:hug:

that all of the Katrina story is fading away from the media including the NOLA story. This article did open my eyes to Mississippi's story. I truly believe that the media is trying to have this story fade because it is the story of cronyism, incompetence and heartless elitism. To tell the story of the Gulf Coast after August 29th is a story about the * administration and how they do not protect the American people, that Hurricanes are a bigger threat to National Security and that they failed miserably. So to protect the Bushies the story fades. There is blood on the hands of everyone except maybe Anderson Cooper. It makes me so sick.

This is just a small image of the damage that surrounds us.

In the last 2 days, the remains of 5 houses around me, on the street where I live, have been bulldozed and taken away. All that is left are the empty, dirt lots and the mangled trees.

Where a neighborhood once thrived, now all that remains are the gutted homes and empty lots and fema trailers. And that is just my neighborhood.

There are hundreds of neighborhoods that were devastated in the cities of D'Iberville, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, Diamondhead, Waveland and Pass Christian, the communities of Delisle and Clearmont Harbor have felt the pain, their people are in need.

And there is of course, New Orleans, and all of the surrounding cities and communites - your fellow citizens need your help.

We cannot do this alone, we need help - we need the promises made to be kept, we need everyone on DU to write their congress critters and to demand that they support the reconstrustion efforts.

You want a face to go along with this, you want to relate - these are the images of my house after Katrina slammed my world, stole the life I knew.





The forgotten -
Third world conditions on our shores and soldiers dying in illegal and immoral wars.
Can this be the reality for the citizens of this country, is this the heritage of the land of liberty?
Where is the outrage, can you not see, how easily this can happen to you?
I never thought it would happen to me.
Foresaken, forgotten and dispensible - the nobel future of we, the people of the United States of America. :cry:


HELP US, PLEASE


Links to images of the destruction:
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/photos /

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=4174132

http://www.wlox.com/Global/category.asp?C=63035

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

http://www.stormchaser.com /

http://facethewind.com/chase2005/katrina/index.shtml

can I give you a big hug?:hug:

I so appreciate it. :hug:

I'm at a loss for words. I'm glad you are alive.

(((hugs)))

I am trying to help others who are not as fortunate.

Why won't DU pay attention?



thank you for being glad I am alive, thank you for caring :hug: :loveya:

I have to get back there. It's my constant thought.

I wish we could set up a democratic underground railroad of supplies and help into town. I was scoping out box trucks on Ebay today. Something to haul stuff. I'd still probably have to live out of it, though.

It's a very powerful witness. :hug: :cry:

I should hear tomorrow if I can get back down there. Hope to see you soon!

To keep begging for help and to be ignored because the War on Christmas is more important.

I am one of the wounded, I am one of the survivors trying to keep my head above water and hope in my heart.

It gets very hard to do that when the Katrina threads drop like stones, when the DUers ignore the pleas for help.

I know I'm privileged to have the break coming back to Denver. I can't imagine how it must feel after three and a half months unbroken. :hug:

:kick:

Did you see my thread begging for help?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5586192&mesg_id=5586192

There actually DUers who say it's not worth the trouble to help us because we will be under water in the future anyway... I asked this poster to stop the offensive posts yet she continues.

Despite a few friends here and elsewhere, I guess we are mostly on our own... to die.

We can't get folks to care - they don't realize that if they don't care about us, who is to say they won't be joining us in the world of the neglected, ignored and rejected.

I care and I will do what I can for you and your city. I am not as strong as I would like to be, but I will try.

Here is the thread I am trying to keep alive
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5609884

:hug: :loveya: Take care and you and yours are in my prayers. :hug:

When the World Trade Center went down in 01, were there DU'ers from southern states telling New Yorkers that they deserve what they got? Did they tell them to dig themselves out of the rubble?

This is such heartless bullshit.

To me, these reactions of "you got what you voted for" and "the coastal areas should be bulldozed because it will flood again" are so fucking mean spirited. I just totally write the persons off who post these things as non-human.

What a great way to turn the southern states blue. Kick em while their down and rub salt in the wounds. Nothing like winning over hearts and minds to the democratic party by telling disgruntled ex-Bush voters and local southern liberals they deserve to die and their cities and towns don't deserve to be rebuilt. It's childish and spiteful. Is this what we're about? Really?

What a surefire way to win the next election. :sarcasm:

I got this article from a friend who's sister lost absolutely everything.

The people on the Gulf Coast are truly going through hell.

I will be contacting my congresscritters about this.

Welcome to DU and thank you for posting this. :hug:

can't even provide trailers! I met a couple from the Mississippi gulf coast today (at the vet's). They'd lost everything-said FEMA contacted them LAST WEEK to make an appointment to see their property (it had already been sold).

FEMA, the Red Cross, and George Bush are not popular in Mississippi today.

...let's keep kicking and keeping this thread alive.

Dear Santa,
I have been very good this year! I even helped my parents clean up our house after the hurricane! So I think that I should get extra presents this year! So here is my wish list! These are in no particular order.

1. Sheetrock (because it gets really cold downstairs without it!)
2. Windows (for the same reason)
3. The debris outside my window gone (I used to have such a nice view)
4. Snow on Christmas ( I was gone last time it snowed)
5. Chanel shoes (the pink flats with the logo on the toe
6. A couch (because there is nowhere to sit!)
7. A big purse (to fit everything I'll never need)
8. A hot shower(the one we have is lukewarm)
9. Our neighbors (we are the only ones on the street)
10. Tickets to a U2 show (backstage passes preferably)
11. A REAL refrigerator (one that doesnt freeze the milk)
12. My all girls school (because boys are gross)
13. A grocery store (so we don't have to drive 30 miles and wait in really long lines)
14. A bookstore (because I've read all the books at the library)
15. No more people living in tents! (it is cold)
16. A Christmas tree (it isn't Christmas without one)
17. Something green outside (not just the debris)
18. A table (because we eat on the floor or the bed)
19. More designer shops in Mississippi (I only get to look at pretty clothes in magazines)
20. No more hurricanes! (I know I'm beig unrealistic)

Thanks in advance Santa!

Love, Hannah

http://risingfromruin.msnbc.com/2005/12/dear_santa.html

is that isn't there still restricted access to the worst areas? I wondered if the government was still restricting people from driving through the area.

We have not forgotten the people down there at all. Our government, apparently, has more time to debate Bill O'Reilly and the religious Right's "War on Christmas" instead of supporting more volunteer efforts to get things back to normal as quickly as possible there.

:kick:

:shrug:..

What a buffoon he must be.. He's willing to ignore the horrendous damage to his own state/people in order to prop up and cover for the idiotic president..shame on him

Y'all need a recall petition.. Poor ole Gray Davis got recalled because he wanted to go after Enron ..your case is much stronger.