Echoing a Plea from My In-Laws

I just received this email today. Please speak up. To write your congresspeople, click here for reps and here for senators.

Friends,

The reports by the national media have not accurately shown the destruction that has occurred in New Orleans. It is on a scale that can't easily be captured by a camera. Imagine the entire island of Manhattan or all of San Francisco under 8 feet of water. We have driven through the affected neighborhoods and they go on for hundreds, actually thousands of blocks. It's like a ghost town.

The city can't be saved by a mayor or a governor. It can only be saved by Congress.

Please contact your elected officials in Washington and ask them to immediately enact legislation that will authorize the aid to help rebuild.

Time is of the essence. It has been more than five weeks since Katrina and progress is alarmingly slow. It is becoming apparent that New Orleans is rapidly approaching the point where saving it may become academic.

Please act today.

Thanks,

Lynn & Rick