HURRICANE AID...FROM LITERALLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD

It is simply amazing the outpouring of support and aid that has been offered to the victims of Hurricane Katrina from not only within our own borders, but around the world. From the Canadian Navy sending ships of supplies and manpower to the Mexican Army's convoy --- the first time since the Mexican-American War over a century ago that active Mexican soldiers have stepped foot on U.S. soil --- to German technology through a water purification system flown to a central Mississippi community to help provide drinking water for residents, it is simply amazing!

Here is one more example I learned about on a radio message board: KKHJ-FM (a/k/a 93KHJ), the pop music powerhouse in the U.S. South Pacific territory of American Samoa, held a radiothon on September 8, raising over $32,000 for the relief effort. Among those taking part in the event was Territorial Governor Togiola Tulafono. What is amazing about this event was 1) the island population is only approximately 60,000, and 2) the average household income there is much less than that on the mainland. But they know what it's like, having suffered through four cyclones (the Pacific equivilent of hurricanes) in the past two years.