This is a blurb I have been working on a little at a time. Tears form each time I try to write:

The Gulf Coast is a sad place right now. Everything we ever knew or have known is gone and/or drastically changed. Our homes, places of worship and our entertainment venues have been destroyed. Many people left the area in the wake of the storm while many people stayed home thinking they could survive. Sadly for a lot of residents that was not the case. We are without power, food, and water. Some only have the clothes on their backs and are searching for any word on the fate of loved ones. The Gulf Coast is a war zone. Looting is prominent throughout the area along with thirst and starvation.

At GulfCoastBands.Com we have hosted a monthly Meet and Greet for local charities. In January, we had 17 bands perform for free in the wake of the tsunami crisis. That day we raised over 20k from donations and silent auctions. Now the Gulf Coast itself is in desperate need of help. If you have the opportunity to host a charity show to donate to the Red Cross, please do. Life on the Gulf Coast will never be the same.

I am located in north Mississippi without a home to return to, or very little to get by on, but I have my life. I feel helpless up here as I am being contacted to put on charity shows and do not have the means to do so. So I ask all of the bloggers out there with any kind of contacts, please put on shows, take donations, and say prayers to all of those people along the Gulf Coast. We need your help. Our lives depend on anything you can do to send relief.

Here is a blog pertaining to the area I am from.

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I don't know how much longer I will have internet access. Today I am going out to find furnished housing to rent - if not, I have to find family in Chicago and get a place to stay. I just got text mail to friends on the coast and it is bad. Most of my friends and the bands I supported are homeless. I can't even begin to explain the emotions right now. Thankfully my girlfriend just got a call from her mother. They stayed on the coast and say it is a war zone. People are robbing from each other while others walk the streets lost.

From what I was just told over the phone, the news is not even showing the true agony going on. This is a desperate time for my home town, Diberville, MS, near North Biloxi.