Only $300,000 has been raised so far by the American Red Cross for victims of the recent flooding in Central Texas despite the $12 million the agency will spend on disaster relief. In bad economic times and with so many other catastrophes happening, it's gonna be tough for them. The Chron story has a link to the Red Cross donations page, or you can jump there from here.

A lot of people gave their time and money last year to help Houstonians who were wiped out by Tropical Storm Allison. I hope the same will be said of the flood victims this year.