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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

Don,
We commend you on what you are doing.
Van Dell

--- Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> It was mentioned on an earlier post about the
> surreal atmosphere 
> surrounding the Qualcomm Stadium evacuation center. 
> I spent the night 
> working a shelter myself and want to dash off a
> reply before going to sleep 
> in preparation for another 12 hour shift.
> 
> The rock bands, gourmet buffets, and all the rest,
> none was paid for by any 
> agency.  Those bands were people wanting to help,
> break the boredom of 
> people worried if they would have a home to return
> to, people worried about 
> missing relatives and pets.  Bands showed up saying
> we can do this to help 
> and help they did.  Restaurants saw customers in
> distress and said we can 
> do this to help and help they did.  No different
> than the thousands of 
> people who have dropped off food, clothing, taken in
> animals, filled houses 
> with evacuees, worked long hours volunteering.  It
> may have been surreal 
> but it was just people wanting to help people, no
> more no less, and exactly 
> what you will see in any community.
> 
> I could go on about my own shelter work in a fancy
> hotel but time for some 
> sleep before going back at it, doing what I am
> scheduled to do for the next 
> week along with thousands of other volunteers.
> 
> Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up               
>        KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com
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