For the last couple weeks I’ve been giving a bit of a hand to the civic hacking community in Houston that is playing a critical role in helping with the rescue and recovery efforts in Texas and has now turned its attention to helping prepare for Irma in Florida. Angela Shah of Xconomy did an article on this work that includes a quote from me about how this work related to some similar work I helped lead (NYTechResponds) in 2012 after Hurricane Sandy.