Pa Flooding

A couple of links...

Santorum: Donate to the Red Cross

I applaud the Governor for authorizing state agencies to use the resources and personnel necessary to cope with the magnitude of this emergency. I also applaud our local and state emergency responders and volunteers for all their hard work to help their fellow Pennsylvanians in this time of need.

BobCasey.com's Blog: Donate to the Red Cross

PhillyFuture links to a number of blogs taking pictures in the Southeast part of the state.

Northeast Pa's Gort42 has a couple of posts.
Memories of 1972

Back from the Hills

Update: NBC10

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has asked President George W. Bush to declare 34 counties eligible for federal disaster assistance.

With thousands of homes and businesses likely damaged, Rendell declared a disaster emergency in 46 of the state's 67 counties.

U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said the assistance would likely be approved within two days.

Rendell praised the evacuation of Wilkes-Barre, even though it turned out that the levees held and there was little damage.

Rendell said there was no guarantee that things would go as well as they did, and there was the potential for what he called "a New Orleans-type situation in Wilkes-Barre."