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You folks volunteering for relief service are doing a very noble thing and your efforts are much appreciated. Those of you who are full-timers and are handy around the house/RV might consider snowbirding on the Gulf Coast in areas like Louisiana, Texas or Florida where reconstruction help is needed for at least part of the winter season.
Please do not forget East Texas, especially the inland areas, who were hit by 100+ MPH winds by Rita but have been forgotten to a certain extent by the relief agencies. There are probably areas of inland Mississippi in the same shape.
A classic case is one related by one of my wife's co-workers. She was shopping at a J C Penny in Fort Worth, TX. When the sales person learned that she was a hurricane evacuee, she was offered a discount, until she told them she was from Texas and not Louisiana. At that point, the discount was denied.
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