Bus convoy for hurricane refugees

At least 25,000 of Hurricane Katrina’s refugees, a majority of them at the New Orleans Superdome, will travel in a bus convoy to Houston today and will be sheltered at the 40-year-old Astrodome, which hasn’t been used for professional sporting events in years.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide 475 buses for the transfer, and the Astrodome’s schedule has been cleared through until December for housing evacuees, said Kathy Walt, a spokeswoman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry.