Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Frank, You are correct, the number of volunteers is falling right now. There will be a good number during the holidays but once January comes around the number is going to drop dramatically. Places like Biloxi are going to need help for a very long time. Thanks again for looking. Dave On 11/26/05, Frank F. Farmer <summicron@bellsouth.net> wrote: > David, > > You do have some good images there. THanks for sharing them. Thanks > too for your volunteer efforts. Many folks are still in very dire > straits down here even though it is no longer the lead story on the > evening news. > > Frank Farmer > Jackson, Miss. > > On Nov 24, 2005, at 4:40 PM, David C. Mason wrote: > > > Luggers, > > > > I have a great deal to be thankful for after spending over a week down > > in Mississippi doing Hurricane Katrina relief work. I've uploaded a > > handful of shots to the LUG gallery to share with you all. It was > > extremely hard work with lots of work on temporary housing, work in > > the donation distribution center, and "mucking" which is stripping a > > house down to the studs after the flooding. > > > > I met an amazing group of people, both local folks and volunteers from > > all over the country. I took an Olympus E300 just to make all the > > large sensor nerds mad, and because its a great camera. I wish I had > > taken more photos but I was working so hard and was so tired I found > > that the camera stayed in the bag more than usual. At any rate here > > are a few I selected from around 100 or so shots. > > > > The war-like scenes are from Biloxi which is simply devastated - the > > people shots are from the D'Iberville P.O.D. (Point of Distribution) > > on "food day" where everyone comes to receive donated food, and > > finally there are a couple shots from some work I did for an elderly > > couple, The Diaz's, "mucking" their home which is stripping it down > > to the studs after it flooded. > > > > Comments are welcome but I also hope everyone will take a moment to be > > thankful they are sitting in their warm homes this Thanksgiving. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album183 > > > > Dave > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >