The Aftermath of Katrina

I blog hopped all morning, reading updates about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and floodings, and all I'm seeing is the negative side of the human nature, e.g. looters. So, I thought it'd be nice to put up photos of people who made a lot of efforts to help each other under very trying circumstances. These are a few I managed to find among many. Click on an image to enlarge.

Terri Jones, right, and others try to cool down fellow flood victim Dorothy Divic, 89, center, who was over heated and exhausted at the convention center in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Henry Winter is helped on shore as he and his wife, Heloise Winter, background center in boat, are rescued from their lower 9th Ward home by New Orleans Police Department SWAT officers. (AP Photo/The Houston Chronicle, Melissa Phillip) Firefighters rescue stranded residents Monday in Mobile. (CNN) Mississippi's Bay St. Louis Emergency Management Agency volunteers rescue the Taylor family from the roof of their car. They were trapped on U.S. Highway 90 since Monday. (CNN) Police Officer Terrence Gray, right, helps evacuate Lovie Mae Allen and children from their homes in Gulfport on Monday. (CNN) Brian Wiseman, left, and Joe Douglas help pull a stranded motorist from high waters in a parking lot Tuesday in Bowling Green. (CNN) Rescuers help 73-year-old Grace White to escape from her flooded ninth ward home through a hole cut in the roof. (AP/Arthur D Lauck) Shante Gruld carries Janeka Garner, 5, to safety after they were rescued from their flooded home by boat in New Orleans, Monday Morning, Aug. 29, 2005. (AP photo by Eric Gay) A National Guard member tries to calm a young man after one of his relatives was taken away to a hospital from the Superdome in New Orleans, Tuesday. (AP photo/The Dallas Morning News by Michael Ainsworth) Volunteers sort through donated hurricane relief supplies at the Kiss 95.1 radio station in Charlotte, N.C. Tuesday. Radio station listeners and local businesses have donated thousands of items to be trucked to the Gulf Coast states affected by Hurricane Katrina. (AP photo/The Charlotte Observer by Todd Sumlin) Irma Simmons is carried by New Orleans Fire and Rescue officer Thor Barr after being rescued in a New Orleans Police Department boat in the 7th Ward of the city, Monday, after Hurricane Katrina moved through the area. (AP Photo/The Palm Beach Post by Gary Coronado) Tyronika Phillips (left) and LaChe Perkins (right) help Tapica Sparkman down St. Charles Ave for the New Orleans Convention Center after she fell and hurt her foot getting out of her home. Wednesday. (Irwin Thompson/The Dallas Morning News) Residents search for survivors by boat in the neighborhoods surrounding Lake Pontchatrain one day after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. (AFP/Getty Images photo by Chris Graythen) Kelly Padgett, left, and Rachel Sexton, second from left, watch as 6-year-old Kenrin Robertson, center, and his mother, Seione Davis, right, open birthday presents the two women brought him, along with a birthday cookie cake Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, in Shreveport, La. The women heard about how Robertson was spending his birthday at the American Red Cross shelter at the Louisiana State University-Shreveport due to Hurricane Katrina evacuations and decided to help a child celebrate his birthday. Robertson and Davis are from St. Bernard Parish in South Louisiana. (AP photo/The Times by Jessica Leigh) Alice Wilder,10, Elena Page, 13, Coco Wilder,12, and Mary Perot, 12, from left, call on passing cars, as they continue to collect funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in Brighton, N.Y. The money will be doanted to the Ameriacn Red Cross. AP Photo/ Carlos Ortiz Refugees, Marilyn Ross (left) and Agnes Baloney (right) of Hahnville, La. wave signs during the Houston Comets first round playoff game against the Seattle Storm on Tuesday in Houston. Those taking refuge from Hurricane Katrina were let into the game free of charge. (AP photo by Jessica Kourkounis) The Survival of New Orleans blog Housing Opportunities for Katrina Survivors BBC's Disaster Relief Romancing the Blog's Close to Home Fantasy, SciFi & Gamers Relief Effort Hurricane Katrina relief tournaments Additions: The Humane Society of the U.S. Disaster Relief Fund Danielle's great suggestion: Mennonite Disaster Service Be good, be bad & be safe.