[antonia]

Each state  each county, each town of the USA must develop a committee to receive refugees as they arrive in local airports, bus stops, ports, whatever, who can take their names and coordinate them with a local family to stay with. With the support of local business, churches and organization, within six months these American citizens need to be found their own decent  home and jobs. This way they will have made local contacts and friend within the local communities and will not become isolated. And will have some support in making their way in a brand new environment. In instances, completely different from where they came from. The time is now to develope this system of networking.

This what we in the northern states should be preparing for. These people are not going to be able to return home, we do not want refuge camps anywhere in America, that will only be even worse.

Perhaps this is a test for America to see if she is indeed worthy of caring the torch of freedom. Let freedom ring, make voluntarisms work! Lets roll!

[antonia]

Try this page of FEMA's
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml#vgn-finding-loved-ones-vgn

Contact local churches, shuls, (synagogs), and business organizations. they will already have the structure in place to work with rather then building it your self. The key to making this work is some kind of filtering system. I imagin that this might be a great oppertuniite for illegal imigrants, and crimnals to move to the usa. So people should be vetted by say, being passed through a number of check points, and if they check out as ok, finally being cordinated with a family. we don't need now strong, self supporting families or homes, being unbearably taxed by having allowed a criminal element or unsocialble person into the heart of their home. For these types, other services must be provided by the government.