For Linda Cooley, a visit to Dallas' Concord Missionary Baptist Church this week meant a three-course meal, a bag of toiletries, a Wal-Mart gift card, a blue "Sunday go to meeting" hat, and assurances that more help would be forthcoming. Hurricane Katrina claimed Ms. Cooley's New Orleans home, but she has found sustenance – and friends – at Concord. "It uplifts my spirits to come here," said Ms. Cooley, now staying with her sister in Dallas. "And it keeps me from watching CNN." While the federal government response to Hurricane Katrina has yielded widespread criticism and the promise of congressional...