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September 13, 2005
Blogging at the big Houston shelters
Former Houstonian Christine Hurt of the Conglomerate blog passes along a new Houston-based blog by two South Texas College of Law professors -- Tracy McGaugh and Kathy Bergin -- who are making daily treks to Reliant Park and sometimes to the George R. Brown Convention Center to provide insight into the experience of the evacuees at both locations. The new blog is called White Washing the Black Storm: We Are Watching.
Each day, the profs volunteer at the medical aid table and ask what medicine is needed. Then, the profs go to a local drugstore and buy the medicine needed. The blog has a link where you can donate to the cost of the medicine, which the profs have been largely subsidizing.
The blog also provides somewhat unvarnished commentary on the goings on at each shelter, which is an important component of the complete story regarding Houston's extraordinary effort to provide for the evacuees. It's not all peaches and cream out there, folks.
Posted by Tom at September 13, 2005 11:26 AM
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