The recent mudslide in La Conchita has garnered national attention over the past few weeks—it was a tragic example of dramatic weather in Southern California. A small debate arose in the blogospere, largely over the media coverage of the mudslide,…

Does WorldVision have people on the ground in these locations? Are our fellow Americans any less deserving of our benevolent grace than the tsunami victims?

Guys, I know that what happened in La Conchita was terrible, but please, please spare us the tortured comparisons to the Boxing Day tsunami. The tsunami killed 200,000 innocent people who had no way of knowing a tsunami was on the horizon, and would h…

This is about as heart wrenching a photo as I have ever seen. He is searching for his wife and three of his children who were later found dead in the California Landslide

If your physical faculties are limited and money is tight, you can always give blood. Back in October, I posted about having visited the “friendly vampires” of the American Red Cross. I’d do so now, but have to wait for this dratted flu bug to pass. …

Due to a series of almost insoluble problems and barely-surmountable challenges at work, I haven’t been able to visit my usual list of blogs to get my daily slice of opinion and news. One of which was Michelle Malkin’s site,…

Jim Baratta sees a double standard in coverage of the California Landslide, and that, of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Michelle Malkin seems to agree. Michelle, especially, focuses on the fact that the mudslide victims are…

Sadly, the death toll at La Conchita is up to 10 people, including three of the Wallet family. I can’t begin to imagine Jimmie Wallet’s grief and I don’t know what to say except I offer my prayers.

Pieter at Peaktalk notes that in Hong Kong, steel…

In the midst of the tsunami news, let’s not forget about those in the mudslides in California. Not as grand a scale, but certainly there are hurting people there.

If you haven’t read it yet, here is the heart wrenching story about Jimmie Wallet.

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Today’s Dose of NIF

I’m about to pack it up for tonight, and my latest look at the World Relief Day fund shows that we have had a tremendously successful day. CQ readers raised over $6,000 in a single day, and we have raised…

Firefighters said Wednesday they still have a chance to find survivors of the mudslide that killed at least 10 people in this coastal community earlier this week.

Michelle Malkin has links to video, new coverage, and ways to help.

As you know, we have been following our storms here in California carefully.

Well, tragedy struck in la Conchita.

Also, a hat-tip to Michelle Malkin who hit a home run by taking the tsunami bloggers to task.

And Michelle notes: By the way, I have noticed there hasn’t been much attention paid in the blogosphere to the mudslide victims….

I’m about to pack it up for tonight, and my latest look at the World Relief Day fund shows that we have had a tremendously successful day. CQ readers raised over $6,000 in a single day, and we have raised…