A reader:

I just got back from helping out at the Astrodome. Most of the refugees
look fine (energetic even) except for the ones in sick bay. A lot of those
are old people who were probably sick before the hurricane. There is good
order with lots of cops (some on horses). Everybody is lining up in an
orderly fashion. A lot of the refugees look pretty hardened. My 25 year
old daughter went with me and she said she felt a little afraid of the
refugees.
Houstonians are volunteering like crazy and they are turning volunteers
away in droves. The people running the show are not real well organized
but there is so much help it does not matter. Lots and lots of supplies
are being donated.