Posted on 09/07/2005 1:27:26 PM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.
Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, and shelter.
If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you.
Right now the site mostly covers Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas but I will add various churches, schools, and other charities in Lubbock and Austin tonight. My wife was down at Reunion Arena in Dallas yesterday handing out care packages and spiritually ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer. She says that the situation is tragic and that there's a lot of work to be done. There are so many children who don't know where their parents are or even if their parents are still alive.
There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would appreciate it if you would get the word out.
Many thanks,
Michael McCullough
Stingray blogsite
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I remember it well. Not very strong by the time it got here but it took us several days here in NH to get things straightened out and put back together.
(I work for a utility).
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"If that's true you'd think that FEMA would have made some positive changes in the intervening six years."
Well, really the point of this all is that FEMA is not meant to be a first responder. They were never set up to do that. People are trying to give them a role that they weren't set up to fulfill.
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