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this is from a friend of mine. please feel free to cut/paste this into any blog or message board. any help is greatly appreciated. they are also desperately looking for a qualified bus driver. also check out their website (at the bottom of the message)
thank you
jarjar
September 9, 2005
Hello everyone. I just wanted to update you all on
what has developed over the course of the day. It is
10pm on Friday and I am back to Monterey. I spoke to
my mother and my cousin Jake tonight. My mom made her
way to Louisiana through the northern route. She is
spending the night at her friends and going home
tomorrow in the light of day. She says it’s eerie
there. My mom was in California when the storm hit.
Our three cats have been alone all this time, and I am
glad she is going to check on them.
My cousin Jake is in Houston. They have been given a
hotel room for 14 days. They were able to rescue
their animals from the flood in New Orleans, but they
are not allowed to keep them in the hotel room. My
cousin Blake got rescued from his roof with his
girlfriend and her child. There were brought to the
Super Dome. Jake told me some horrifying stories of
things that happened there. I did not realize that my
cousins where in such a bad way. I had only had
enough contact to know that they were alive. I plan
on picking them up in the bus on our way home. Yes we
are getting a bus. We found a driver tonight and this
thing is going to happen.
There is land in Folsom where my mom lives. We will
be able to set up a community there. Supplies are
totally depleted in all the areas all around. I am
going to update the list of things we need. It has
changed since I wrote it last night. Survival is the
name of the game now, and I am afraid that toiletries
will be a luxury item. It’s a war zone down there. I
think that community will be the key to survival. I
am not just going down there to make a movie. The
movie is what is enabling me to go down there. My
mission is much greater than that and the story is yet
to unfold.
I must get some rest. I have been going non-stop.
Tomorrow I will update the list of things we need. I
don’t have it in me tonight. Think along the lines of
generators, gas cans, batteries, RENUABLE ENERGY.
Anybody want to help us set up some solar panels? Why
not? Now is the time to think about alternative ways
that we can be surviving on this planet. A very
important thing that we are going to need is healthy
food. There is no food in the area. The roof over my
bedroom, at my mom’s house, caught the tree from
falling on our propane tank. This means that we will
have the means to cook. And the most important thing
that we will need is money. I want to be very frank
about this. Money will be our most valuable resource.
I promise to you all that if you give me your money,
I will do good things with it. I will help people
first hand, and it won’t be going through any
bureaucracy.
Before I go to bed, it’s now midnight; I want to fill
everyone in on the details of our upcoming benefits.
Saturday, September 17th
2011 11th St.
Oakland, CA
Between Park Blvd and 14th St. The cross street is
21st.
2-8pm
We are going to do an art auction. If anyone would
like to donate a piece of his or her work, please let
me know. It could be anything. A friend is going to
donate a massage. That’s what I need a massage. This
is an impromptu event. All the help with food and
drinks I could get would be great.
Sunday, September 18th at Whisper in San Francisco.
Located at 535 Florida St.
Potrero Hill, SF
Noon-10pm
My good friend Pilar, who will be accompanying me on
this journey, is throwing this benefit. It will have
music, art, and lots of cool folks. If anyone would
like to contribute to this, please let us know. Pilar
has been networking hard to pull together her SF
community. Thank you Pilar!
People are asking me where they can drop off supplies
now.
Contact Ashanti_Thompson@csumb.edu for the CSUMB drop
off.
San Francisco-632 Cole St. Michael Clarke @ 510
520-7566 or CJ @415 385-4123
We need a spot in Berkeley. Does anyone have a space
that we could use for this purpose?
Thank you all. Good night.
Estée Blancher
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Good morning everyone. Now it’s time to write a list
of items we will need. SURVIVAL GEAR
• Generators- at least 2.
• Gas Cans
• Rope
• Batteries
• Water bottles: 5 gallon, 55 gallon Drums.
• Tools: All kinds of tool. A 16ft chain saw has been
donated. There are a million tools that I could list.
•
• Healthy food: Dried fruit, Rice, Soy milk power,
acidophilus, Beans, Fresh Fruit, Healthy canned food,
unhealthy canned food, PB&J, Grains, Grits, Coconut
Milk, (it works great as a substitute for milk) etc…
• First Aid supplies: Aspirin, Bandages, anti
bacterial lotions, etc…
• Tents
• Mosquito netting
• Flashlights
• Knives
It is already 11:30 and I have to go to an interview
for the Newspaper. It taken me so long to get this
letter out, because of the phone calls I have been
receiving. The list is not finished, but people can
get a better idea of what I am doing here and how they
can help.
Thank you all so much. Please call me at any time.
My phone is the best communication tool I have at this
point. If you have any questions, you want to help in
any way, or if you want to play devils advocate.
Please call me. 510 717-8156. The website is
filmkatrina.com.
Much Love,
Estée Blancher
thank you
jarjar
September 9, 2005
Hello everyone. I just wanted to update you all on
what has developed over the course of the day. It is
10pm on Friday and I am back to Monterey. I spoke to
my mother and my cousin Jake tonight. My mom made her
way to Louisiana through the northern route. She is
spending the night at her friends and going home
tomorrow in the light of day. She says it’s eerie
there. My mom was in California when the storm hit.
Our three cats have been alone all this time, and I am
glad she is going to check on them.
My cousin Jake is in Houston. They have been given a
hotel room for 14 days. They were able to rescue
their animals from the flood in New Orleans, but they
are not allowed to keep them in the hotel room. My
cousin Blake got rescued from his roof with his
girlfriend and her child. There were brought to the
Super Dome. Jake told me some horrifying stories of
things that happened there. I did not realize that my
cousins where in such a bad way. I had only had
enough contact to know that they were alive. I plan
on picking them up in the bus on our way home. Yes we
are getting a bus. We found a driver tonight and this
thing is going to happen.
There is land in Folsom where my mom lives. We will
be able to set up a community there. Supplies are
totally depleted in all the areas all around. I am
going to update the list of things we need. It has
changed since I wrote it last night. Survival is the
name of the game now, and I am afraid that toiletries
will be a luxury item. It’s a war zone down there. I
think that community will be the key to survival. I
am not just going down there to make a movie. The
movie is what is enabling me to go down there. My
mission is much greater than that and the story is yet
to unfold.
I must get some rest. I have been going non-stop.
Tomorrow I will update the list of things we need. I
don’t have it in me tonight. Think along the lines of
generators, gas cans, batteries, RENUABLE ENERGY.
Anybody want to help us set up some solar panels? Why
not? Now is the time to think about alternative ways
that we can be surviving on this planet. A very
important thing that we are going to need is healthy
food. There is no food in the area. The roof over my
bedroom, at my mom’s house, caught the tree from
falling on our propane tank. This means that we will
have the means to cook. And the most important thing
that we will need is money. I want to be very frank
about this. Money will be our most valuable resource.
I promise to you all that if you give me your money,
I will do good things with it. I will help people
first hand, and it won’t be going through any
bureaucracy.
Before I go to bed, it’s now midnight; I want to fill
everyone in on the details of our upcoming benefits.
Saturday, September 17th
2011 11th St.
Oakland, CA
Between Park Blvd and 14th St. The cross street is
21st.
2-8pm
We are going to do an art auction. If anyone would
like to donate a piece of his or her work, please let
me know. It could be anything. A friend is going to
donate a massage. That’s what I need a massage. This
is an impromptu event. All the help with food and
drinks I could get would be great.
Sunday, September 18th at Whisper in San Francisco.
Located at 535 Florida St.
Potrero Hill, SF
Noon-10pm
My good friend Pilar, who will be accompanying me on
this journey, is throwing this benefit. It will have
music, art, and lots of cool folks. If anyone would
like to contribute to this, please let us know. Pilar
has been networking hard to pull together her SF
community. Thank you Pilar!
People are asking me where they can drop off supplies
now.
Contact Ashanti_Thompson@csumb.edu for the CSUMB drop
off.
San Francisco-632 Cole St. Michael Clarke @ 510
520-7566 or CJ @415 385-4123
We need a spot in Berkeley. Does anyone have a space
that we could use for this purpose?
Thank you all. Good night.
Estée Blancher
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Good morning everyone. Now it’s time to write a list
of items we will need. SURVIVAL GEAR
• Generators- at least 2.
• Gas Cans
• Rope
• Batteries
• Water bottles: 5 gallon, 55 gallon Drums.
• Tools: All kinds of tool. A 16ft chain saw has been
donated. There are a million tools that I could list.
•
• Healthy food: Dried fruit, Rice, Soy milk power,
acidophilus, Beans, Fresh Fruit, Healthy canned food,
unhealthy canned food, PB&J, Grains, Grits, Coconut
Milk, (it works great as a substitute for milk) etc…
• First Aid supplies: Aspirin, Bandages, anti
bacterial lotions, etc…
• Tents
• Mosquito netting
• Flashlights
• Knives
It is already 11:30 and I have to go to an interview
for the Newspaper. It taken me so long to get this
letter out, because of the phone calls I have been
receiving. The list is not finished, but people can
get a better idea of what I am doing here and how they
can help.
Thank you all so much. Please call me at any time.
My phone is the best communication tool I have at this
point. If you have any questions, you want to help in
any way, or if you want to play devils advocate.
Please call me. 510 717-8156. The website is
filmkatrina.com.
Much Love,
Estée Blancher
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