As you’ve probably heard, we here at KRDO are teaming up with the American Red Cross for “KRDO Cares”. On Monday from 5 a.m. until 7 p.m., we will be collecting money at our studios for Hurricane Ike victims.
The impact from Ike was felt as far away as Ohio where some 70,000 Columbus, Ohio, residents were still without power as of this morning. The remnants of Ike tore through Columbus last weekend, packing 75 mph winds that knocked out power to 425,000 Columbus residents. I mention this because Columbus is my hometown and my family still lives there. My mom told me that they finally got power back on Wednesday but not before everything in their fridge had spoiled.
Below is a picture from Columbus Dispatch photographer Doral Chenoweth III. This was the sight on just about every street in Columbus. I’m glad we didn’t have to deal with anything like that here!

For a link to more pictures from the Columbus Dispatch, click here.