About those tornadoes in the South and Midwest...

[Crossposted from Sugar Land is Dreaming]

I probably don't need to tell you how horrible they have been. Batocchio has a run down of the news, and also links to a blogswarm post by Monkeyfister, who lives in the area that has been devastated and has more information -- the most important info may be where to donate some cash:

American Red Cross
Mid-South Chapter
1400 Central Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
901-726-1690

And:
United Way of the Mid-South phone in a donation at (901) 433-4300.

They take DIRECT donations, so you can skip all the National-level waste and delay, AND they serve nearly every community in the affected radius.

Monkeyfister notes that, just like in New Orleans post-Katrina, these storms effected some really financially poor people who have no place else to go. They need whatever aid can be sent, so if you can...