Katrina: Aid & Donations

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

If you and/or your families are interested in helping relief efforts from Hurricane Katrina, see the link below to make donations to the Red Cross.

https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp

kc royals · Ollie Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 76 City: Bonita Springs

I wish I had some money to donate. I have been seriously watching about the devestation on the news. The worst part is the scum bags that are looting and raping women. Help can't even get to the people that need it, they are trying to stop the crime that is going on. I even heard that someone committed suicide in the Superdome. I want to help out in some way.

HighRida · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 10:17 am Post subject:

Yeah sounds bad, hows it goin with you dave. How is your house?

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

HighRida,
Thanks for your concern. We are doing fine. We only have a few small inconveniences such as temporary power outages, loss of phone communication and loss of internet access. These inconveniences are slowly getting ironed out, but for the most part, we are back to normal in the town I live in.

I wish I could say the same for our neighbors down the road. Things are only getting worse in the New Orleans area.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject:

Dave Barousse, good to hear your alive and well, hope everything works out dave.

Vance Collins · Guest

Dave Barousse,

Where exactly do you live? Your city says New Orleans.. But you obvisuioly don't live there if you still have power.

rhodester · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject:

I have some pics I took in Mandeville, La. (25 Miles North of N.O.) here's the link. http://photobucket.com/albums/b319/wrhode2/ Me and four friends are from there so we headed out of Baton Rouge where we are for school. We spent the whole day helpin who we could, goin where we shouldn't and filmin the whole time. power's out there for a min. of 2-3 weeks

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

vance,
I used to be in New Orleans and didn't change my profile after we moved. I'm currently about 70 miles from New Orleans, but not for much longer....

In fact, the owners of the company I used to work for stayed in their huge data center throughout the storm to keep an eye on things. They are keeping a blog and have a live feed of downtown New Orleans rolling via a web cam.

http://www.directnic.com/katrina.php

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10752 City: Jefferton

are you leaving louisiana? or are you just moving somewhere else in the state?

again, I'm glad to hear that everything is OK, considering the circumstances and what could have gone wrong.

DRAGON88 · Dragoon Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1020 City: Portland

E-snow he's moving out to Eugene, Oregon, just to hang out with the likes of: Pat McCarthy, El and yours truly, although he may say that he has other reasons, IE: the reason(s) he told his wife and dogs. (new job) But then again, how well would that go over? "So um... Honey, by the way, we're moving out to Oregon to become homies with Dragon88, El, and Pat McCarthy from wakeboarder.com." It just sounds strange and I'm not sure they'd go for it ya know? :Wink:

For serious though, the real reason why he's moving: All the cool kids are doing it, don't lie you know you wanna. There's enough cantaloupe for the 4 of us... Shocked

Dave, really really glad to hear that all is OK on the home front. And that my Kenyans shipped out today. (More so the first reason.) [/off topic my apologies]

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

electricsnow,
Yes, we are leaving Louisiana for Eugene, OR. I am not looking forward to the actual move, but living in the Northwest should be a totally new experience for us. My wife and I were both born and raised in the South and have never lived anyplace other than Louisiana.

Our move was scheduled prior to the hurricane and luckily we didn't have any damage to our house because I sold it the day after Katrina hit Louisiana. I know that is crazy, but it just worked out that way. If I would have had to deal with damaged property, it would have delayed everything even more.

DRAGON88,
All I had to do to convince my wife to move to Eugene was show her you and El's collection of carpet boarding videos. She started packing her bags after she found out you guys have banana phone access in Oregon.

I was also glad your Kenyans shipped today! We received a shipment of the wrong colors by mistake that set us back. Luckily none of our GOOD customers were affected. Smile

In light of the subject of this topic, is there anything we can do to help Liquid and his family? Any ideas?

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

Check out my blog for my hurricane experience:

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/weblog.php?w=1

liquid · Posted: Sep 02, 2005 10:49 am Post subject:

im officially in virginia right now drove 22 hours yesteday and today and i am living with my uncle, aunt , and to little rascal of cousins. my mom and grandma are crying there eyes out. and i cant do anything than say that its alright and that we have each other. ill probobly be stationed here for a week or 2 then my dad is going to probobly fly up and visit and/or take me and my mom back via car. then i will be going to school in baton rouge probobly, living in a new trailer (i think its a double wide). no but thats all we can afford or do right now. but hey, its aplace to stay with your family and thats alll i fricken want right now, ill probolbly enroll in a school there catholic high i think) if i can. darn no integrity wakeskate for me this christmas, if i have a christmas. just stuff like that sadens you. it sounds selfish but come christmas its gonna suck, no christmas tree, no presents on christmas morning, none of that BS that you'v know your whole life

i could write 1000 pages on my feelings but i dont think yall would want to read it, word

louis

dave, i love your blogs haha rode it out on a boat, who would have thought, but im glad that your one of the lucky ones who didn't get much damage, my house probobly has been looted by now, so even if it didn't get water (which it did) i couldn't have salvadged anything.....i need a wakeskate im going crazy

DavHof · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 245 City: Dallas

liquid, I know it's just about the last thing your thinking about right now, as to everyone else in Lousiana, but If you end up making it over to Texas you've always got pulls down here.

Good luck, keep on keepin' on, and keep up the good attitude.