Citizen-journalists look inside the shelters
Tom Kirkendall calls attention to a blog by South Texas College of Law professors Tracy McGaugh and Kathy Bergin, who are making daily trips to volunteer at the city's official evacuee shelters:
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.
The blog is called White Washing the Black Storm. Apparently, the law professors have been able both to help out immensely (even spending their own money on medicine) and to play a watchdog role.
Kudos to these citizen-journalists for their volunteer efforts and for sharing their perspective from inside the shelters.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/13/05 09:54 PM | Print | Comments (1)
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