She is a blind lady around my age stuck in New Orleans. She tried to get out but the communication lines broke down & the other people weren't allowed into the area to get her before Katrina rolled in. So she walked while the storm was coming in to to the Hyatt where they put her & her cat up until the hurricane lifted from the area. Scary stuff. Apparently, she called some agencies and told them about her situation and they basically told her to go to her attic with water and an ax. Grrr. She is back in her apartment now since her area isn't flooded, but the looters and gangs are running rampant in her neighborhood. Night before last, someone got onto her porch but she ran them off by pumping her shotgun. LOL, a blind chica with a shotgun!! I luff her. haha! Anyway, she says that it sounds like a Mardi Gras party in the street at all hours of the day and night without the jovial people and the music. She says it's like a war zone. Gunshots piercing the air every so often. People screaming. Thugs and gang members everywhere. However, she is down to canned food & water until about Sunday she says. It is a dreadful situation. She can't go out during the day or night to look for provisions as there are the thugs in the neighborhood 24 hours a day. Some of our online friends have been calling agencies & governmental offices to try to help our poor friend. I'm scared for her! We've sent some money through paypal to help her once she can get out to get back on her feet with clothes & personal items. I think our friends Laura and Duane have secured her lodging once she is out of there. I would pay for a plane ticket for her to come out here to the bay area until the whole mess is settled. Doug called one of his ex-SeaScout kids tonight who is working on tankers in Slidell (I think) and he has some friends in the National Guard in NoLa who are going to try to take Karen some water and MREs at the very least. I dunno if Karen has ever eaten an MRE, but I hope for the love of pete that they aren't the Chicken a la King. *makes a gagging sound* But I suppose if one were hungry enough, one would eat it after they ran out of dog & cat food. I just hope that she can hold her own against looters, rapists and generally mentally deranged morons. Please pray for Karen. Or if you don't pray, then send positive thoughts, dance the hula, whatever you do to send positive vibes into the air...that she will be okay. Will update when I hear more on the situation. Thank you my friends!

Thanks for sharing these, Mischelle! Oh here is another one! Fluffypuff! Fluffypuff!