Helplessness (Updated)

The pictures of the children, the babies, are killing me. We've already given money, I'm going to give blood tomorrow, but it doesn't feel like enough. I want to offer our house for people to stay in, but I don't even know who to ask if this is even a possibility. I feel so helpless. (UPDATE: Someone on another board posted this link: http://www.hurricanehousing.org If you are interested in offering housing to displaced families, check it out.)

It's frustrating watching dehydrated, hungry people beg for help, and there seems to be no one in charge. Why wasn't the Red Cross sent in as soon as people started arriving at the Superdome and Convention Center? Where is the National Guard? I've heard reports of shooting, but are these troops so green that they really don't know how to deal with that? I have not heard word one from the governor of Louisiana, nor the mayor of New Orleans. I sense that someone will be held accountable (and I certainly hope so), but no one is stepping forward to take responsibility.

The networks are pretty much following a normal daily program. It's a good thing we don't have cable, because I would have it on all day. My kids don't need to be seeing that all the time (let alone myself).