Monthly Archives: September 2005

Melissa Noriega is the wife of State Rep. Rick Noriega. She served as State Rep for their district in his place this session while he was serving in Afghanistan with the Texas Army National Guard. She sent me the following … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If this story doesn’t move you, I don’t know what would. BATON ROUGE, La. — In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is the best thing Homeland Security has ever done. The Yves St. Laurent and Tommy Hilfiger labels may be phony, but the thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims getting knockoff items seized by federal customs officials probably don’t mind. Displaced … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It may be a little late for this, but just in case: JUDGE ROBERT ECKELS AND MAYOR BILL WHITE ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERISM AND APPLAUDE THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY Sep 5th, 2005 R E L I A N T … Continue reading → Continue reading →

David Harris, the newly-announced candidate for CD06 (whom I met, briefly, along with his wife Michelle and daughter Emma this weekend), has a press release (see it here) announcing that Mission Arlington is working on Katrina relief and has a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Governor Perry may have overpromised how many evacuees the state of Texas could handle. The deluge of Louisiana hurricane evacuees has left questions about whether Texas officials had adequately planned to handle the thousands driven from their homes by a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you’re in Houston, please do a little homework before dropping stuff off somewhere or showing up to volunteer. Each group and location has specific rules, needs and logistical challenges — adding red tape to the process of matching volunteers, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Governor Perry says that Texas has taken in about all the evacuees it can handle. Hurricane Katrina evacuees continued their exodus from Louisiana into Texas on Saturday, landing as far west as the sombrero-shaped El Paso Civic Center but flowing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Scott Chaffin emails to say that he’s got space available at his Brazos River campground for Katrina evacuees, but he needs some help in accomodating them: Please consider donating, for long-term use, your idle RV or travel trailer. We are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just as a reminder, the Chron has a section of full Katrina coverage, which I expect will be around for a long time, and a separate RSS feed for that section. Volunteers Needed At Astrodome, Convention Center Houstonians want to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Greg comes this message from Harris County Judge Robert Eckels. The Astrodome site is not turning away evacuees. The gates are open. When a bus arrives, medical personnel board the bus and determine the medical needs of the persons … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Here’s an interview with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. To say the least, it’s very blunt. Listen to the whole thing. That link comes via New Orleans native Ray in Austin, who has a whole lot more on his site. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From the comments: The Westchase Business District is having a relief drive today from 11 to 2. They’re looking for the usual stuff: “Current short term needs include: Poptarts, cereal bars, peanut butter, jelly, 1 lb. packages of lunch meat, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Before we get started, Jim Thompson asks: Does anybody out there know of places that are matching donations to hurricane relief funds? For example, 37signals was matching donations up to $5000, but they hit their limit before I could forward … Continue reading → Continue reading →