Maybe You Can Say a Prayer and Make A Donation...

 ...to an organization like the Salvation Army or the American Red Cross to help out the Texas flood victims. Maybe you can say a few prayers also. 

 

I am not a religious type although I was once upon a time decades ago. Still now and again, I pray or cross myself when calamity strikes. Well it struck in Texas this weekend in an event that evidently caught all by surprise. For a river to crest 30 feet above normal after only 45 minutes of rain is a cataclysmic event, I think one that could not be anticipated. As you must be aware, if you have read or heard the news, many people perished as a result of these storms and many more were injured. The hardest hit place appears to be Camp Mystic, a sleep away from home, summer camp. More at the source: https://www.foxnews.com/us/deceased-campers-identified-death-toll-rises-after-devastating-texas-flood.

 

There are still over 25 (the article says 27) young girls missing from that camp who were swept away by flood waters. I, for one, am praying that they find at least some, if not all alive, but my hopes for either happening are low. As I cannot do much else, I will be praying for the missing campers, their families and loved ones. Even if you don't believe in a higher power, maybe you too can offer up a prayer or three for these young girls. I mean, who knows, you could be wrong about that higher power and even if you are right and there is not one, how can a saying prayer hurt. Keep them in your thoughts and prayers please.

 

Of course, you can also do something else to help and that would be to make a donation to a disaster relief type organization, something like The Salvation Army or The American Red Cross and I am sure you can think of others. I just made a donation to the Salvation Army. I prefer to give to them as opposed to the American Red Cross because more of any donated funding goes to actual charitable work done by them, and nowhere nearly as much goes to advertising or to pay their CEOs compensation as it does with the Red Cross, in my understanding. Yet, I think either is usually a big help in such situations. Maybe you can give something too, to a disaster relief organization that offers help in such drastic situations.

 

All the best,

Glenn B