Please Help Our Nation's People in AL, LA and MS

As we are all astounded and deeply saddened by the enormous devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina to the people living in coastal Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, we may be wondering what we can do to help. Long time Macs Only! reader John Grubb wrote:

I am a daily reader of Macs Only! and live in Baton Rouge. Many lives, and lifetimes have been lost to Hurricane Katrina. The entire nation will feel the pain of this loss.

Please make available to your readers who want to help the following information:

1. Give to the American Red Cross. The total cost of damage now from New Orleans to the Mississippi Gulf Coast is now being estimated to reach $75 billion.
   
2. Donate blood at any hospital or blood center if they are eligible.
3. Give clothes, non-perishable food items, games, toys, and toiletries to local charitable organizations and the Food Bank.

Refugees will be taken to Houston and as far away as Atlanta. Millions are now homeless. And our economy will suffer a major blow.

This is a national problem, not just local, and we can all help ourselves by helping those in need.

Thank you.

[Bill Fox]