Full Metal Lunchbox

I'm in the middle of a long, boring night at work.  My co-worker isn't here because she called in sick, and the people I support haven't needed my help much so far tonight.

To kill time, I did a Google Image Search for "Katrina," expecting to find images of devestation in New Orleans and the Mississippi gulf coast.

Here's what I found instead:




Here's what I've learned:

• There are lots of women named Katrina.
  
• A few guys, too!
  
• Also lambs and llamas
  
• Few remember the 80's pop group "Katrina and the Waves."
  
• The Internet is chock full of cutsey dolls for sale, many named Katrina.
  
• Farm machinery is not for giving rides.
  

None of the "Katrinas" pictured above have ever likely hurt anyone.  But the famous hurricane has screwed up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.


Since the hurricane, The American Red Cross has housed more than 207,000 survivors in 709 shelters across 24 states and the District of Columbia, and is relaying financial assistance to nearly three quarters of a million survivors.  If you are among the few who haven't pitched in yet, now is the time.  They even take airline miles and loose change.  Imagine everything you own is covered by 10 feet or more of toxic sewage and you are stuck sleeping in a school gymnasium in West Armpit New Jersey without a job and/or access to your Social Security check.  Tell me that doesn't suck.  Lend a hand.