Reports Sam Chu Lin, the rate of evacuees from Louisiana and Mississippi living in three large Houston shelters is declining from more than 27,000 a week after the hurricane to just under 5,000. Many local Asian Pacific Americans have sheltered many APA evacuees.
Gordon Quan, Houston City Councilman and older brother to San Francisco sportscaster Rick Quan, has been organizing assistance to the new APA Houstonians.
Some people lined up for three hours to volunteer and help.
At Hong Kong Mall, one of Houston's largest Asian malls, food, clothing and petty cash are distributed. The Chinese Community Center received $10,000 from the United Way to help resettle APAs. (Source: Sam Chu Lin, AsianWeek, Sep 16, 2005).