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Thank you kindly for taking the time to have a look.
I'm sincerely grateful for your support :peace:

A Pocketful of Promises is a small photo essay in the wake of Hurricane Sandy months after the media moved on to the next "big story". My intention is only to keep it in the public's consciousness as long as there are still hundreds of families who feel forgotten by our government. As the nation celebrated the Presidential Inaugural, at a cost of over $120,000,000,...people along the coastline are still without the barest necessities of modern living. Essentials such as electrical power, running water, food and decent places to live have been denied to these people because FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) has still to release the funds direly needed to help them to begin to rebuild their shattered lives. So as I watch the President and his Washington cronies on the TV chowing down mouthfuls of $3000 a plate dinners at the Inaugural Ball, I couldn't help but think of the kind of "blast" Sandy's victims were having in contrast.

Footnote: I chose this spot to shoot because this is the location where the most destruction and loss of life occurred during the storm. Although the waves depicted are barely a foot high now, on the day of the storm they rose to heights of 20 to 30 feet and surged inland.

Loreena Mckennitt - Carrickfergus
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I wish I was in Carrighfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrant
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in Ballygrant

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~Uukang Mar 24, 2013
A very important subject and perfect shot! :clap:
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*Trippy4U Mar 26, 2013
I think you are right, Mark. We should never forget those in need...anywhere in the world. Thx man :highfive:
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~Uukang Mar 26, 2013
You've done your best to keep them in our minds, Rich. Thank you for that! :bow: :highfive:
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*Trippy4U Mar 26, 2013
Welcome :ahoy:
As long as we each do something to make someone a little happier each day with a helping hand, the better off this world will be for all of us.
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~Uukang Mar 26, 2013
Precisely. At least one thing each day means much on the long run. :)
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*paperdragon1967 Feb 20, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Beautiful shot Richard:hug:Isnt it sad as a nation, a nation thats supposed to be as great as ours,thats a very bad statement on how the government deals with its people the same who voted for them to have this high life.
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*Trippy4U Feb 20, 2013
Thank you so much, Laura...nice to see and hear from you :hug:
Aye to that...we as a nation are slowly crumbling as witnessed through this societal collapsed in compassion.
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*paperdragon1967 Feb 26, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Youre most welcome Richard:hug:
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*hailstorm13 Feb 4, 2013
Absolutely beautiful !!:clap::clap::clap: !!! :worship::worship::worship:!!!:iconwineplz:
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*Trippy4U Feb 4, 2013
I'm so glad you like it my friend :peace:
Thank you Harris :highfive:
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