OK so I lied, I figured this would get your attention more than please read.

Hello, I finally have internet connection again after hurricane Frances, well she did some major dammage in my area and surrounding areas. I will make this as short as possable. CALL---- 1-800-HELP-NOW

My wife decide we would be better off staying in a shelter instead of staying at home , only because we have an 11 month old baby and if something were to go wrong we didn't want to be stranded in the middle of a bad azz hurricane.

Anyway I have never had to use a shelter or any of the AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVICES, they were unbelievable, there was over 4,800 people in the high school we bunkered down in and for three days we were amongst many people who would soon be homeless, and many people fleeing the storm. I could not believe how powerfull the storm was but more powerfull were the Red Cross Volunteers, they did an awesome job keeping us all fed 3 meals a day, and keeping the stupid people from doing stupid things and keeping everyone orderly and in controll.

My plee to you all is please call 1800-HELP-NOW and please donate even $5.00 to the American Red Cross, without thier help our hurricane survival rations would have been used up the second day, they provided us with water and hot meals for three days, this of course costs a lot of money, with out the support of donations we would not have such an amazing organization.

We are expecting another hurricane the third in about a month and a half, a Florida history record! I am personally going to donate $100. for their help and service they provided my family and the thousands who needed them most.

We were fortunate to still have a house, thousands in the area lost thier trailers, homes and business, I have been out of work for almost two weeks, gas station lines are just now getting back to normal and grocerystores are just now getting fresh meat again.

please help, you never know when you may need the American Red Cross in your neighborhood, they help flood ,tornado,earthquake,hurricane and all other natural and non-natural disasters. you just never know.

sorry for the long letter here are some pics of my neighborhood from hurricane Frances...

Glad to be back!!!!

Nick Gancarz,
Boa's Ark c.b.r.