I live in a northern state... Oregon... unfortunately, living this far away, it's difficult to do anything other than send money. I can handle a family at my house, but how do they get here? And by the time a truckload of (anything important, such as water/food) arrived, it would be days from now. People need clean drinking water and food NOW, not days from now.
So please don't think "northern states" don't want to help, we do. It's just not as easy as it is for Texas, since y'all are neighbors.
When I see people walking over the rubble crying over their lost items in MS I think they should THANK GOD they aren't in NO right now.
The thought is what counts.
It would just be nice to hear offers of help from other states that are not far from LA. Perhaps they could just send buses to bus the people to Texas. Something.