One hundred dollars
According to the Salvation Army, "A $100 donation to The Salvation Army will feed a family of four for two days, provide two cases of drinking water and one household clean-up kit, containing brooms, mops, buckets, and cleaning supplies."
Money doesn't go very far, does it? Maybe figured into that is the cost of transporting the food and housing/feeding the distributors? Plus, I have the feeling that perhaps a lot of people would rather forego the clean-up kit in favor of a little extra food and water...
One hundred dollars will also buy you about 2.5 - 3 tanks of gas, depending on your vehicle. And falling.
Money doesn't go very far, does it? Maybe figured into that is the cost of transporting the food and housing/feeding the distributors? Plus, I have the feeling that perhaps a lot of people would rather forego the clean-up kit in favor of a little extra food and water...
One hundred dollars will also buy you about 2.5 - 3 tanks of gas, depending on your vehicle. And falling.
posted by jessica rabbit at 6:51 PM
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Seconded.
Also, thats pretty good for only $100. A family of 4 for two days is 24 meals, or $5 a meal, not to mention the other stuff the money has to go to.
While I agree it will probably hit $4 a gallon, don't think for a second the strategic reserve or any other source of crude will stem the rise in price. What America needs is refined oil, not crude, and its those refineries which were put out of commission by the recent disaster. I elaborated more on this in my recent post.
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