Yeah, We Know There's a National Disaster Going On, But This is Football!
Refugees must make room for football fans
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — First it was Hurricane Katrina chasing them away. Now it's college football fans.
Hundreds of refugees from Hurricane Katrina are being evicted from Tallahassee hotels to accommodate fans coming to town for the Miami-Florida State game Monday night.
"There is absolutely no compassion here whatsoever," Lynne Bernard wrote on a bulletin board on the Web site of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. "The Hampton Inn in Tallahassee is pretty much throwing us out because of a football game."
I've heard that there is nothing so dedicated as a college football fan, and I guess this is proof...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — First it was Hurricane Katrina chasing them away. Now it's college football fans.
Hundreds of refugees from Hurricane Katrina are being evicted from Tallahassee hotels to accommodate fans coming to town for the Miami-Florida State game Monday night.
"There is absolutely no compassion here whatsoever," Lynne Bernard wrote on a bulletin board on the Web site of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. "The Hampton Inn in Tallahassee is pretty much throwing us out because of a football game."
I've heard that there is nothing so dedicated as a college football fan, and I guess this is proof...
posted by Chimera at 4:52 PM
1 Comments:
I have already posted information and linked to the Mennonite Disaster Relief Fund. If you have another link to add, send it to me, and I'll put it up in a new post.
http://intothecavern.blogspot.com/2005/09/help-katrinas-victims.html
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