"I heard the FEMA guy say that the people were literally coming out of the woodwork."
I was just thinking that it would probably be real easy to just show up at the astro dome and claim that you were From NO. Even people who are not involved in the hurricane. Not sure if anyone would want to do that or not, but They would probably be taken right in.
Actually I had the same thought about the Astro Dome.
The homeless in Houston tried it this AM, evidently.