Metroblogging Houston has a whole slew of photographs from Reliant Park/Astrodome as the press stakes out the incoming refugees.
I get the distinct feeling they're going to be there not to cover the relief effort but are waiting like wolves for whatever goes wrong.
For those that are, put down that damn camera and pick up a cot. You're more use doing real work.
On the other hand, David Benzion of Lone Star Times has been liveblogging from the scene. I have every confidence that he'll provide fair, balanced, factual coverage of the events unfolding there as compared to the sensationalist news-looters descending upon our town.
Which is why I think folks will avoid linking to his efforts. After all, why go with the truth when just a magnified microscoping portion of it sounds so juicy, right?
Comments (5)
I suggest handing each new refugee arrival a cat to take care of.
Posted by Ron Hardin | September 1, 2005 12:03 PM
Posted on September 1, 2005 12:03
Thunderdome! Thunderdome! Thunderdome!
Posted by Eric J | September 1, 2005 12:18 PM
Posted on September 1, 2005 12:18
You know, the aggressive placement of unclaimed or abandoned pets as giving people something to take care of is not a bad thought if they are given the capacity to take care of them.
Posted by Laurence Simon | September 1, 2005 6:44 PM
Posted on September 1, 2005 18:44
Knowing Cajuns as I do, and considering how malnourished they've been, you MIGHT just want to wait a day or two until the hunger pangs die down before handing out what may be interpreted as a meal "on the hoof" so to speak..... Cajuns are great people but they are known for eating just about anything....
Posted by Rorschach | September 1, 2005 7:12 PM
Posted on September 1, 2005 19:12
You can actually do something for a pet, an unusual situation for a helpless person. They are called on. Something addresses them for the first time and makes them unique instead of interchangeable.
Posted by Ron Hardin | September 1, 2005 7:58 PM
Posted on September 1, 2005 19:58