I subscribe with a reader (Vienna for OS X) and it works well for me in getting new threads. The only negative of using it this way is that you don't get the comments by RSS - only new topics.
It's better than when Rita hit but the mayor has had some strong words for FEMA. I thinks some FEMA personnel will not be around after everything washes out of this, just my opinion. They had said, after Rita that the fuel situation would be corrected. We are still having a very difficult time finding gas and when you do there is a long wait. Part of this I blame on the people them self for waiting to the last minute to get gas. I gassed both of my trucks up on Wed. before it hit plus got gas cans filled to run the generator. The first rescue crews that were in place as soon as the hurricane had passed through did not have food. When this was broadcast they were inundated with food. There was so much received they started taking it to food banks and other areas of Houston.