Every decent sized town in central Texas has a shelter open and is collecting massive amounts of food, clothing, and money for the victims of Katrina. Our school district is ready for a large influx of kids. Texans will take care of our neighbors. If they want to work here we have plenty of jobs. If they don't, they'll soon find out our social safety net isn't quite like some other states and move on.
Thank you all for everything; Texas was a given for help. We here in Baton Rouge haven't seen the full impact of a X2.5/3 population increase; I'd say by Tues. or Wed. things will get interesting.