In Houston, the rain continues to fall, the flood waters continue to rise, and thousands remain trapped with no viable exit routes available. Tens of thousands are either in, or are heading for, shelters and stranded citizens throughout the region are in desperate need of rescue. FEMA has mobilized its resources but acknowledges that it will take more than even their vast federal resources to get the job done.
As FEMA administrator William “Brock” Long put it, the agency needs citizens to be involved in the massive rescue and cleanup efforts:
