Read some articles on the increase in crime in Houston.
Just returned from spending the Christmas holidays in Dallas, and read in the "Dallas Morning News" about the increase in the homicides in Houston. The article said several homicides were confirmed as being committed by Katrina evacuees, and many others suspected, but not confirmed, as same.
We were also in Lake Charles, Louisiana and west Texas, and saw the destruction from Hurricane Rita firsthand, including that our relatives suffered. So, I feel bad for the good people the hurricanes affected, but wouldn't want the bad apples in my back yard either.