As of now, we've raised $470.  That far exceeds my initial expectations, however I'd like now to see it go over $500.  We're close as it is, and I'm sure we'll make at least that.  Some people have jumped in with some suprisignly generous amounts, and after what I saw the other day... man people can really use this money.
I didn't want to take pictures myself and appear as as a gawker, but I snagged this one elsewhere online.


Just blocks and block of that, everything that was in all these houses thrown out.  Actually most of what I saw was piled much higher than that.  I think by now they're tearing out the walls and appliances, windows... Such as in the  house I was in.  Everything ruined, even the floors I'm afraid. And the smell is quite incredibly bad.  Like if you've ever torn a shower out, and gotten a whiff of that damp nastyness under there, it's like that but wrap it in an armpit and top it with a turd.



These fellows should hopefully be done by the end of the week as well.  I'm actually not looking forward to cutting out hundreds of little pieces of paper with names on them.  Should have thought of another way!
There's got to be a simple program for it, but that would take all the fun out of it.