This is a narrow bleg–for those in the know who know who might be reading:

The management of my company wants to do something major, right now, to help the victims of Katrina — besides just sending money to relief organizations. We heard they are already turning people away from the Astrodome. We want to take a whole busload of people that need shelter and ship them down here to South Florida, and we’ll pay for everything: bus, food, shelter, help getting back when the time is right, etc. We need someone in Houston to help us get this done — we would be willing to take a busload from the Astrodome (thereby freeing up space for the next busload to go there) or from one of the areas where people are waiting for evacuation. If any of you want to help us get this done, we want to do it today. But we don’t know how to get it down from here. So we are reaching out to people who are in Houston or know lots of people who are. Please advise ASAP if you can help.