Houston Info

I found White Washing The Black Storm blog via Jack Bog's Blog. The blog is written by two professors who are volunteering in the Houston refugee situation. They have a list of needed supplies and can get them to the people at the various refugee shelters quickly. Via Oso, t the post office you can get priority mail boxes for 7.70. They'll get to Houston in 2 to 3 days and it doesn't matter how much the box weighs as long as everything fits in it. In this post they list the stuff they need and where it can be sent for quick delivery.
One more thing, I finally found a story about immigrants in the Katrina ravaged areas. It's in the Post. It's about Vietnamese immigrants, which is good b/c they're normally just as invisible as Latinos, but on the flip side nobody is interested in Latinos in the area.