I'm going.

[angledge]

Des has told me that I am for-sure going to be deployed to a FEMA assignment some time next week. I do not have any details yet. I will post when I know.

Just one thing: it's highly unlikely that I will be anywhere near the chaos in New Orleans. I will most likely be somewhere near the oil refineries - Gulfport or somewhere. So when you read the news about the hellhole that has eruped in the Big Easy, don't worry, I'm not headed there.

Edit: Newsweek has an interesting article about the longer-term issues raised by this storm.

Comments

Re: thanks!

[marasca.livejournal.com]

Nor can we all clean up oil refineries that were busted up by hurricaines.

Re: thanks!

[angledge.livejournal.com]

At this point, I'd take a job driving a truck or packing boxes or anything if it meant I could help get supplies to New Orleans. The situation down there looks nightmarish. The slow FEMA response is a disgrace.

Re: thanks!

[effrontery.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. I'm glad you'll be down there doing something to help people.

Re: thanks!

[angledge.livejournal.com]

I hope I get to help people. At the moment, FEMA isn't doing enough of that, IMO.