A grain of sand…
\nA drop of water…<\/p>\n
When aggregated, these things have the power to make mighty structures or wear away stone. The idea behind blogging for flood aid is that there are something like 3.4 million blogs on the web. If every blogger gave a small amount to aid flood and hurricane victims, well, eventually it would add up.<\/p>\n
I’ve registered my blog (you can as well, but you don’t have to in order to donate) and I’ve chosen The Humane Society<\/a> as my charity.<\/p>\n Why animals instead of the people who so desperately need help? Well, for one thing the Red Cross<\/a> is going to get a ton of money from people bombarded by massive media coverage. The other, more important reason, though, is that we, as a supposedly more evolved species, have an obligation. When you domesticate an animal you make a promise to take care of it. Humans have an infinite capacity to focus on themselves, sometimes to the detriment of those with whom we share the planet.<\/p>\n From the Humane Society:<\/p>\n “Some people were forced to leave their pets behind. Others were never able to evacuate at all. Now, in Katrina\u2019s aftermath, The HSUS’s Disaster Animal Response Teams are primed to help the pets and other animals left behind in the region\u2019s most devastated areas. <\/p>\n In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, The HSUS has begun a massive relief effort to rescue animals and assist their caregivers in the disaster areas. Our highly trained Disaster Animal Response Teams are in Mississippi and Texas coordinating a multi-state animal rescue and recovery effort. Our 38-foot Disaster Response Unit, and other rescue vehicles affiliated with our teams, are in Mississippi.<\/p>\n Your tax-deductible gift will be used exclusively for our disaster animal relief work.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’ve pledged at a minimum $50 donation. I’ve not made it yet, though. More on that tomorrow.<\/p>\n For a round up of participating blogs see Instapundit<\/a><\/p>\n Add your own blog at Truth Laid Bear<\/a><\/p>\n Technorati tags: A grain of sand… A drop of water… When aggregated, these things have the power to make mighty structures or wear away stone. The idea behind blogging for flood aid is that there are something like 3.4 million blogs on the web. If every blogger gave a small amount to aid flood and hurricane victims, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-thoughts","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhurricane katrina<\/a>
flood aid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"