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Hey there, I'm a news photographer, and spent a few weeks down there ( www.tobymorris.com ). In a nutshell it is a mess. For the first 2 weeks or so after the hurricane, my advice would have been to bring food, ice (everyone was desperate for ice) clean water, etc.
Towards the end of my stay, those things weren't much of a problem anymore. The big problem now is that people have just lost everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, especially in places like Pass Christian, Waveland (the worst disaster area I have ever seen), parts of Biloxi and Gulfport (you will hear people taking about "South of the Tracks" in those towns, which is where the storm surge just trashed everything) and, most disturbing to see, the peninsula area south of New Orleans where Port Sulpher, Venice, Empire, etc were.
If you are going to those place, I would bring things like tissue paper, clothes and shoes, and mostly just supplies for helping people clean up the mess, cleaning supplies maybe, but also things like axes and shovels and the like. A lot of people are going to need to replace more dry wall than you can shake a stick at, perhaps you should just target a couple of families and do what you can for them with the amount of supplies you can bring. I dunno.
Having seen it first hand, i feel that these types of services would render the most aid to those who have returned to their homes. Also, I know you guys are Christians and all, but me and my assistant made a very nice gentleman in Slidell who had been working on cleaning up his families trashed home very very happy when we gave him a decent bottle of red wine.
Cheers and good luck
Towards the end of my stay, those things weren't much of a problem anymore. The big problem now is that people have just lost everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, especially in places like Pass Christian, Waveland (the worst disaster area I have ever seen), parts of Biloxi and Gulfport (you will hear people taking about "South of the Tracks" in those towns, which is where the storm surge just trashed everything) and, most disturbing to see, the peninsula area south of New Orleans where Port Sulpher, Venice, Empire, etc were.
If you are going to those place, I would bring things like tissue paper, clothes and shoes, and mostly just supplies for helping people clean up the mess, cleaning supplies maybe, but also things like axes and shovels and the like. A lot of people are going to need to replace more dry wall than you can shake a stick at, perhaps you should just target a couple of families and do what you can for them with the amount of supplies you can bring. I dunno.
Having seen it first hand, i feel that these types of services would render the most aid to those who have returned to their homes. Also, I know you guys are Christians and all, but me and my assistant made a very nice gentleman in Slidell who had been working on cleaning up his families trashed home very very happy when we gave him a decent bottle of red wine.
Cheers and good luck
