[IMC-US] Houston IMC radio for Katrina?

[evan]

Yes it's true... 

Josh Breitbart is helping with things from new york... i think the
folks in houston are pretty overwelmed... this is what josh emailed
me:

> see http://www.prometheusradio.org/katrina.shtml
> 
> It's a little out of date. They are in the Astrodome, setting up the
> station. They still need radios and batteries.
> 
> Let me know if you need more. If you need additional information
> about donating through Prometheus, email anthony at prometheusradio.org
> 
> This project will continue. The literacy rate for the evacuees is
> below 50%. Radio is the ideal medium for keeping them informed about
> where and when to go for food, how to sign their kids up for school,
> how to find missing persons... Wherever there is a community of
> people displaced by the storm, we should be using radio to connect
> them.



On 9/7/05, onto <onto at riseup.net> wrote:
> According to this post - http://diymedia.net/archive/0905.htm#090705 -
> Houston IMC and the Prometheus Radio Project are in the process of
> setting up LPFM radio stations and streams inside and around the
> astrodome for easy communication between Katrina victims.
> 
> Is this true? If so, can someone who knows more about it write a story
> or update for imc-us? I think its a pretty big deal.
> 
> onto
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