Actually, I’m in TN and during the Katrina disaster, we didn’t have much of any problem in our part of the state. A very toney town near us fixed up large shelters, or housed people in motels, Red Cross fed them at churches, (but most of them opted for fast food, comfort food instead most of the time with FEMA money or their own money), and the town and Nashville as well even had employers sending hiring staff to the shelters to find employees. A lot of New Orleanians had nothing to go back to, so they took jobs here and across the country. They took the chance to get out of N.O., getting their own apartments and glad for new opportunities. Some have stayed away from N.O. and started their own restaurants.