Maybe neighborly volunteers are not being completely ignored by media, as the author in yesterday's post claimed. Here's an article about the "Cajun navy" who have answered the call to help flood victims.
They're civilians who launch their own boat or even canoe to go down the flooded streets looking for ways to help people (and animals).
Troy went to the National Guard staging area, said "I'm here to help. Where do you need me?" He spent two days in his boat pulling folks out of their houses.
Terry saw flood water rising fast, so he jumped in his car and drove down the street laying on his horn to wake people out of their sleep.
David rescued a woman and her dog from a car that plunged under water.
As the flood recedes, urgent rescues give way to the problems of cleaning up the mud and new breeding of mosquitoes.
(from CNN)
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