Has anyone heard about any organization to help the folks who have been suffering through all that severe flooding? Whenever there is a typhoon or earthquake or tsunami halfway across the world, everyone jumps to help them. I haven’t heard anything about us helping our own countrymen. Have you?

If you know of an organization raising money or helping these flood victims, would you blog about it or leave a comment for me? I think we should help those people. They have lost everything. PLUS, that area of the country provides a lot of our food supply. It’s crazy that we wouldn’t rise up and help!!!!!

The Midwest has been having horrible, torrential weather. It’s weather and flooding very similar to what Upstate New York experienced two years ago. I was watching a news broadcast about the flooding in Indiana and Missouri. My heart just goes out to these people who have lost EVERYTHING. Where are all the calls for aid for these people? Why is it that everyone and their mother wants to help Myanmar and China and Sri Lanka, but ignore your countrymen who have nothing but the clothes on their backs?

The sad thing is that these people’s homes were insured, but their insurance won’t cover the damages. Why? Because the insurance companies are calling these floods “100-year” storms. These people didn’t have flood insurance– how could they, they didn’t live in flood plains!– and so the insurance companies won’t help them. This is absolutely criminal, in my book. It’s disgusting that insurance companies charge such outrageous fees and then they won’t lift a finger to help you. These people have lost EVERYTHING. They should at least get all their premiums returned that they’ve paid to the insurance companies! Crooks.