Addendum 2
Aug. 31st, 2005 07:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greygirlbeastIt has been a terrible, hectic day, and I just want to lie down in some room where there are no computers or television screens. But I wanted to post one last update for the day regarding Poppy. I still have not reached her, and I don't think Christa (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
faustfatale) has either. Calls just aren't getting through, which isn't surprising. I will keep trying, though. I know she's okay, but I'd really feel a lot better if I could hear her voice. When I do speak with her, whenever that is, I'll let you know.
Thanks to everyone who sent me leads regarding possible help with the animals she had to leave behind. I passed all the relevant information along to noahswish.org, and I have just received the following reply:
I have forwarded your request to our people in the field and they will do the best they can. Our thoughts are with you and your friend.
— Dianne Montague
But I don't want anyone getting their hopes up. I've been told that the Humane Society will not be permitted to enter NOLA for the purpose of rescuing animals, and I doubt that Noah's Wish will have any better luck. Speaking with people today and reading posts and comments, I got the impression that a lot of folks online just don't comprehend the severity of the disaster that has struck the city. There's virtually no way in or out. Those people still there will die if they aren't evacuated soon. The water is still rising. I watched a video clip today of the moat that has formed around the Superdome, and there was a man wandering aimlessly through the filthy water, shirtless and dazed, clearly exhausted. It was a terrible, heart-breaking sight, and it seemed, for me, to bring this whole thing down to a single, terribly clear point, though I can't seem to put it into words.
faustfatale) has either. Calls just aren't getting through, which isn't surprising. I will keep trying, though. I know she's okay, but I'd really feel a lot better if I could hear her voice. When I do speak with her, whenever that is, I'll let you know.Thanks to everyone who sent me leads regarding possible help with the animals she had to leave behind. I passed all the relevant information along to noahswish.org, and I have just received the following reply:
I have forwarded your request to our people in the field and they will do the best they can. Our thoughts are with you and your friend.
— Dianne Montague
But I don't want anyone getting their hopes up. I've been told that the Humane Society will not be permitted to enter NOLA for the purpose of rescuing animals, and I doubt that Noah's Wish will have any better luck. Speaking with people today and reading posts and comments, I got the impression that a lot of folks online just don't comprehend the severity of the disaster that has struck the city. There's virtually no way in or out. Those people still there will die if they aren't evacuated soon. The water is still rising. I watched a video clip today of the moat that has formed around the Superdome, and there was a man wandering aimlessly through the filthy water, shirtless and dazed, clearly exhausted. It was a terrible, heart-breaking sight, and it seemed, for me, to bring this whole thing down to a single, terribly clear point, though I can't seem to put it into words.
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Date: 2005-09-01 01:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-01 01:15 am (UTC)Like everything else in this mess, there's conflicting information. I'm only reporting what I've been told firsthand by people working for the Humane Society and NoahsWish.
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Date: 2005-09-01 01:19 am (UTC)thanks for the updates
Date: 2005-09-01 03:37 am (UTC)I wanted to announce an ebay auction. I have put up my Limited Edition, 10th Anniversary, Numbered copy of "Lost Souls" (this is the Gauntlet Press Edition) on ebay, with all proceeds going to Poppy. This book does include "The Seed of Lost Souls" chapbook (that seems to sell for a million dollars on amazon).
The opening bid is high, but fair, I think, based on the purpose of the auction. I sell under 'dafodyljones'
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8331154050
Thanks for letting me spam your comments again!
Amber.
who admires all of you long-term ebayers, that was exhausting! :)
Thank you
Date: 2005-09-01 12:15 pm (UTC)I don't know what the infrastructure is like there in the part of Mississippi where they are, but when you talk to her, if she or Chris or Connie needs anything ...clothes, dog food, toilitries, please let me know and I'll send a care package as soon as it looks like they can receive it. I'm heartbroken, I can't even begin to imagine what Poppy must be feeling.