Originally published on Michael Moore .com
Day two started with Fred in
the Kitchen, he is already keeping the camp running.
The Generator has ran twenty
four hours and the police department is bringing us all the gas we need to keep
it going. Katrina victims are finally
getting some coffee after days without some.
Supplies start coming in early
morning. Water, Water and Water is
stacking up while canned goods are packing the little doorway we started in.
The day was spent organizing an
impressive departure point for a food distribution program,
Having heard the local cities
were not getting support we started planning for distribution.
The first truck went out under
assignment from the Red Cross, and at that point we were working with them in
getting food to shelters that had not been getting the supplies as quickly as
they needed.
Reports keep coming from people
that help is plentiful and they don’t need assistance,
this is a farce. The problem with that analysis is that most
victims have a roof still, and don’t need a shelter, so it requires us getting
into the community. In Folsom the Mayor
has been AWOL for over a week. Other
cities are worse, and the human experience is horrific as we keep hearing
accounts of people who are still being airlifted from New Orleans.
Trucks arrived from all over the
place with more food than we could imagine, we had only been on the web
overnight. The response was great, and
it lasted until nightfall.
We were well stocked to start
the next day and prepped up two truck loads to go out.
That is the goal, the stores are
un lit. The gas lines are longer than
you can imagine.
We need to provide for the
people where not only government, but corporations cannot.
We are on the frontline of what
some are calling Baghdad South,
how about that, the war is now
here in America.
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