There are still some roads closed here, roads that just completely screw this city's traffic up. Some of it is construction but a lot of it is the storm. I was taking my kids back and forth last weekend and we had to take some huge detours through neighborhoods, and there was just stuff stacked up on the curbs, eight, ten feet high. Carpet of course, mattresses, dressers, tvs. Just stacked up on the curbs so high that you couldn't hardly see the houses. And there were tons of cops, tons of intersections closed off, and entire neighborhoods still, after all this time, still closed off. We saw home-made signs, spray painted signs in front of neighborhoods that said "do not enter, flooded".
It's hearbreaking to me to see all of that. My prayers and thoughts are with people who have lost loved ones and lost all they have.
My sister and her husband have donated a lot of time to help people that are trying to rebuild, and I gave what money I could. Btw, this is just my personal opinion but it's a bad, bad idea to donate to the Red Cross right now. Google it if you want more information. A lot of this is being disputed back and forth right now, but people are questioning how much of your dollar is actually going to flood victims, shelters, food.
A good rule of thumb is 90% of the money you contribute should go directly to relief efforts. There are reports out right now that the Red Cross is at more like 40% to 50%. I would keep that in mind when you're trying to help.