Thursday, September 08, 2005

The HooK: COVER- Home front: Charlottesville steps up to help Katrina victims

The HooK: COVER- Home front: Charlottesville steps up to help Katrina victims: "he United States has never seen a disaster like Hurricane Katrina. And Charlottesville has never seen a relief effort like the one that started almost immediately following the August 29 maelstrom. People wanted to do something-- anything-- to help fellow citizens in distress. Grassroots efforts sprouted like mushrooms in a soggy pasture. From rich-as-Croesus rock stars and best-selling authors to kids baking cookies or collecting pennies, here's how Charlottesville is pitching in.

Cutting through

'It's worse than you can imagine,' says Allen Powell, owner of Pyramid Construction and Wolfie's restaurant. He arrived in his hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 60 miles north of Biloxi, early on September 3 with 20 trucks in tow along with 20 men, 20 generators, and two backhoes-- plus 1,000 gallons each of gas and diesel, chainsaws, chippers, and water and ice. In other words, he doesn't mess around."

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