I donated but in a different way. New Orleans got flooded but the Mississippi Gulf Coast got "destroyed". I am from Biloxi, MS and what I used to know as "the coast" is no longer... literally wiped off the map. Much worse East of N.O. than what you see on CNN or MSNBC. My donation was I drove to MS and brought enough gas to get myself and another vehicle out. I brought back 15 family members who either lost their houses, vehicles, etc. because of Katrina. That makes a grand total of 19 people in my house. All but 4 of them have left as of this morning to return home to see what kind of lives they have left. The other 4 will be staying with me indefinately and probably relocating to the Charlotte area permenantly because they have nothing left to go home to.
The point here is that this disaster is "MUCH" larger than just New Orleans and spreads wide. The flood waters of New Orleans are going down and structures stand. Mississippi however looks as if a bunch of drunken college kids had fun on bulldozers for an initiation hazing that went terribly wrong. The entire area will need help... and for a long time. Everything you can think of is needed there. If you know people who are handy type carpeters etc. and are looking to find some solid work for a while... then look no further because everyone I talk to down there sayd they can't get enough people (not even close) to even start cleaning up... much less rebuild.
*GOD SPEED*