In my corner of the world in Texas today

[Horse with no Name]

There were 5 huge 18 wheelers parked in the WalMart parking lot with Red Cross personnel loading donations.
3 were leaving for points South and another was almost totally full with pallets on the ground being loaded. They will continue to take donations all weekend.
We have a Kimberly Clark division here and there were TONS of donated diapers getting ready to be sent.
We drove by the Department of Health and Human Services--there were probably about 30 cars in the lot, with 15-20 of them having Lousiana plates.
This weekend, the firemen in our town are "filling boots". This is generally a successful effort in our community raising thousands of dollars on previous efforts.
There are also quite a few evacuees staying in this area.
They will be opening Camp Maxey this weekend for families and are taking other donations for that.

[Zodiak]

1. Good

Excellent....this is good news, and welcome for those who will still be alive a couple of days from now.

I just hope that enough gets to the flood voctims today, because otherwise, a lot of people are going to die in the heat, especialy in places where the media isn't present.

[Horse with no Name]

3. I think they can get there in 5-6 hours

If the state police lets them through.

[meganmonkey]

2. There are at least 37 trucks carrying 1.1 million pounds of food

being mobilized by America's Second Harvest as I type this - with more getting organized for the coming days, weeks, and months.