Signs of life

Fleeing the carpet bomb coverage of the MN highway disaster - I took some time to actually sit down and read a newspaper.

And whaddaya know? There actually is some good news out there:

From the NYT:

Design Steps Up in Disaster’s Wake
AFTER Hurricane Katrina destroyed Karen Parker’s house on Division Street two summers ago, her first instinct was to leave her storm-ravaged hometown of Biloxi, Miss., behind. But she couldn’t bring herself to abandon two generations of extended family there, any more than she could see living indefinitely with her six children in their 10-foot-wide FEMA trailer. So, a few weeks after the storm, Ms. Parker decided to rebuild on her street.

She struggled for months to navigate the sluggish bureaucracy of government agencies in search of help, but was stymied, she said, until she met with a representative of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that specializes in post-disaster reconstruction. The group’s approach to her problems was more comprehensive and more personal, Ms. Parker said, than those of other organizations she had spoken with, and for the first time she felt hopeful about building a new house on Division Street.

Well intended people, find people in need - and help them.

(Plus, the house designs are pretty damn cool, too...)

Nice.