How can this happen?

I think it just hit me how bad the hurricane really was. I haven’t had TV at my house in a month, so I rarely get to see the news. I watched a little at lunch yesterday, and I was looking at some footage from CNN online today, and I suddenly just burst into tears. New Orleans is gone. I can’t fucking believe that. The whole place, an entire city, is completely GONE. Under water. How can that be? How can we deal with such devastation? The train bombings in London. The tsunami. The war. And now hundreds, probably thousands of people have been wiped out by a sweetly named hurricane. It's hard to get through the day when there's so much tragedy happening around us.

I have some family in Mississippi, some friends in New Orleans, and I have no idea if they are ok. Phone lines are down still. My mother called me today to see if I’d heard from anyone. Sadly, no, I haven’t. I’m worried.

I think we should do a comedy benefit of some sort for the folks who are getting bused here who have no place to live, who need food and water and clothes. Anyone interested in helping to organize such an effort, email me at dammitjanet101@yahoo.com. I’m sure we could put something together and raise a little money to help them out.