Hispanic poor of Texas coast wait, worry

You know I think this is the first and only article I have seen so far covering hispanics and the possible impacts, ramification of Hurricane Rita on their lifes.

More people than usual left the so-called colonias this time, residents say, fearful of the winds and water that they watched destroy New Orleans on television just weeks ago and that forecasters said were churning toward the Texas coastline yesterday.

As Corpus Christi readied for what was initially a mandatory — but by yesterday afternoon, a voluntary — evacuation, many of the people who live in the colonias had no such options available to them, said Lionel Lopez, a retired firefighter and community activist who has made a full-time, but unpaid, job of fighting to improve these communities.

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