Tabasco Flood Donations - Help save Mexico flood victims

To the Blogging Community:

On Thursday, November 1 2007, the Root Coffee Blog diverted from its usual subject of cakes and pastries to raise awareness and ask you for help in assisting the people of Tabasco, Mexico, my home state.

I write from California, and I am constantly on the phone with my family and neighbors, the Hernandez, Muñoz, Caldera and other block families, who are housing displaced people in their own homes at Calle Antonio Suarez Hernandez, Colonia Reforma, C.P. 86080, Villahermosa, Tabasco.

This area of Villahermosa was fortunate to keep dry, and my family and other volunteers have been making the rounds at the shelters taking diapers, sheets, water and other basic necessities to the people. Every bit counts, and now that the waters have receded a bit, the aid is flowing from all parts of the country and abroad.

We have been collecting donations for this effort via Paypal to Root Coffee Here. Please forward this link to all your contacts so that everyone can contribute.

We especially appreciate the help we are receiving from New Orleans as we know you can very well relate to the situation in Mexico and your donations come with an added message of support and solidarity. Thank You!

Please post links to the Root Coffee Blog at http://rootcoffee.blogspot.com/. Here you'll find information, pictures and links to donation and assistance organizations as well as some personal accounts of the events by local residents. The site is being updated regularly with new links for assistance.

In Solidarity,

Sol Orozco Hernandez (SolOH)
http://rootcoffee.blogspot.com/

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Friday, November 2, 2007
From BBC News:

A massive rescue operation is under way in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco after rains caused the worst flooding there in more than 50 years.

More than one million people are believed to be affected, with 300,000 thought to be trapped in their homes and more rain forecast in coming
days. Most of the state is under water and its governor has urged anyone who owns a boat to help the rescue operation.

President Felipe Calderon said the situation was" extraordinarily grave". It's one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country," he said in a televised address on Thursday night.

In Pictures - Flickr Tabasco Disaster Pool: tabascodisaster/pool/