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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Qualcomm stadium evacuation center
  • Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:26:49 -0700 (PDT)

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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