Don: How the Northwest can give Hope For Houston

I’ve been listening a lot to the song “Galveston” by Glen Campbell as I watch storm coverage in Houston last night. It’s a song about a young man who went to Vietnam and as he “cleaned his gun” he thought about his girl in Galveston, Texas. He was afraid, as he went off to war, that he had been forgotten by his one true love.

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Today marks the 12-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 storm that destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and displaced millions of people. I was there. I lived it, and it has made me a more compassionate person than I ever was before the storm. It’s important that we don’t forget anyone.

Today is not about Katrina, it is about Hurricane Harvey.

We are doing something today we have never done in my 12 years at KIRO Radio in Seattle. We are combining all our platforms from radio stations to newspapers to organize “Hope For Houston.” If you text the word “HOPE” right now to 98973, we will send you information on how you can help the people of Houston and Galveston, and others throughout southern Texas and Louisiana.

First responders can do a lot of good, especially when we make sure they have everything they need to do the job well. Thanks for always responding in such a thoughtful way.

By the way, I like to think the young man in that song came back from Vietnam and became the Wichita Lineman “whom is still on the line.”

Thanks for being a part of “Hope For Houston.”

-Don