But people are helping each other...but you have to read the whole article to see that help...
Biloxi lost 20 percent of their homes (and their lucrative casinos) (the link is about a Florida volunteer who helped in the first few days)...
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If you scroll to the bottom of this report, you find a link to a film of Biloxi...and this comment: The survivors we came across were extraordinary. They could not have been more gracious and friendly. They had lost everything, and were offering us cold drinks and a place to get out of the sun!
Peterson Air Force base lost 20 percent of their homes...and others are helping these families...
Blake and two dozen others from Colorado Springs are among 200 volunteers from the 30,000-strong Air Force Space Command who were sent to the hurricane zone. It’s the first time the command has deployed forces to aid in a domestic disaster.
Gen. Lance Lord, who heads the command, flew Friday to Mississippi in a Lear Jet loaded with everything from toothpaste to diapers donated by Colorado Springs airmen for delivery to Keesler.
And a small article about burying the dead...LINK
To do the best job they can, Chad Riemann said he and other funeral directors in the area will need to rely on volunteers from around the country to aid in the ceremonies to come.
Already, Riemann and Lang have been working with a group of funeral directors from Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama.
"They came down with funeral home supplies, as well as ice, water and gas," Lang said.
On the NFDA Web site, a casket company in Greenville, S.C., offered assistance. The Mississippi Funeral Director's Association main office is fielding calls from funeral directors across the country who want to help.
"When the government starts releasing the storm-related deceased, we are going to have many, many funerals," Chad Riemann said. "We want to ensure funerals occur the way they would have. ... Every person is entitled to a celebration of life."
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